---
type: "Bill"
title: "Registration of aircraft; fees."
description: "Registration of aircraft; fees. Increases fees for registrations of aircraft and creates multiyear registrations for aircraft for a period not to exceed three years. This bill is identical to HB 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "Virginia SB 948 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2508f198-558d-40cc-8a78-e76a1dceb6dc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB948"
source_hash: "582b5f9b4806a19b417b5b22d1cefbc22a12a1fc52df7e70515c0e3438ddd6a6"
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 948 (2025) — Registration of aircraft; fees.

Registration of aircraft; fees. Increases fees for registrations of aircraft and creates multiyear registrations for aircraft for a period not to exceed three years. This bill is identical to HB 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013831.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071110.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053794.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (91-Y 4-N) — **91–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103566D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB948)
- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Transportation (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** Passed House (91-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB948)
- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 63 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0063)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2508f198-558d-40cc-8a78-e76a1dceb6dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).