---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty."
description: "Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1073"
citation: "Virginia SB 1073 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18360765-44f7-433c-99e9-990273f0acf4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1073"
source_hash: "13a31ff5fb9739b7f1e491bf66bd388dbec112d95cf3cce703dd9b487c023f8d"
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 SB 1073 (2023) — Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0025)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104827D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1073S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101318D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1073)
4. **SB1073ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1073ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hackworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101318D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18** Committee substitute printed 23104827D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute agreed to 23104827D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1073S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1073S1)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1073ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1073ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18360765-44f7-433c-99e9-990273f0acf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).