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Bill Authority of fire chief over unmanned aircraft systems at a fire, etc.; civil liability. Includes immediate airspace under the current authority of the fire chief or other officer in charge of maintaining order where there is imminent danger or the actual occurrence of fire or explosion or the uncontrolled release of hazardous materials that threaten life or property. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 873 Virginia SB 873 (2017)
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Virginia SB 873 (2017) — Authority of fire chief over unmanned aircraft systems at a fire, etc.; civil liability.

Includes immediate airspace under the current authority of the fire chief or other officer in charge of maintaining order where there is imminent danger or the actual occurrence of fire or explosion or the uncontrolled release of hazardous materials that threaten life or property.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB873ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104285D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101194D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 380 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 1000 (pass) · legislature
  • House amendment agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 90 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 380 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 140 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 210 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101194D introduction
  • 2016-12-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2017-01-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-19 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2017-01-19 Committee substitute agreed to 17104285D-S1
  • 2017-01-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB873S1
  • 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-22 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2017-02-22 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 517 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e43ddb41-1b94-47a7-8e41-e4a4340c9951. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).