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Bill Unmanned aircraft system; trespass, military airfield or military helicopter landing zone, penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to take off or land in violation of current Federal Aviation Administration Special Security Instructions or UAS Security Sensitive Airspace Restrictions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1636 Virginia HB 1636 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1636 (2019) — Unmanned aircraft system; trespass, military airfield or military helicopter landing zone, penalty.

Provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an unmanned aircraft system to take off or land in violation of current Federal Aviation Administration Special Security Instructions or UAS Security Sensitive Airspace Restrictions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1636ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19104483D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100556D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 160 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House — 980 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-11-15 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100556D introduction
  • 2018-11-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-01-10 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 19104483D-H1
  • 2019-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1636H1
  • 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
  • 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/074731dc-113c-4cb6-8741-2d3224637b46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).