---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unmanned aircraft system; peeping or spying into a dwelling or occupied building, etc., penalty."
description: "Unmanned aircraft system; peeping or spying into a dwelling or occupied building, etc., penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1583"
citation: "Virginia HB 1583 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sullivan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca4bbd9-b415-4c19-b14b-200f6e0a2293"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1583"
source_hash: "ac47f77d4246cffd62cca34f2e02fbbb2d3224cc87191ab59350e0b28595b9eb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1583 (2023) — Unmanned aircraft system; peeping or spying into a dwelling or occupied building, etc., penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0381** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0381)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104889D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1583H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106610D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1583S1)
4. **HB1583ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1583ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101680D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1583)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101680D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1583)
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23104889D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23104889D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1583H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1583H1)
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106610D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1583S1)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106610D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1583S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106610D-S1 (96-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1583ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1583ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca4bbd9-b415-4c19-b14b-200f6e0a2293`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).