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Bill	Aircraft; no aircraft shall be required to be registered if brought into Commonwealth for repairs.	Aircraft; registration; definition. Requires an aircraft be registered in the Commonwealth if it is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 days during a calendar year. Current law requires registration if the aircraft is based in the Commonwealth for more than 60 days during a 12-month period. The bill creates an exception to registration for aircraft that are in the Commonwealth solely for major repairs or maintenance. The bill also adds a definition of "unmanned aircraft," and specifies that owners of unmanned aircraft are not required to register such aircraft. This bill incorporates SB 865.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 356	Virginia SB 356 (2020)	bill		enacted	John A. Cosgrove, Jr.	6	47	10	2020-01-06	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/60b87219-3592-4517-9060-26a9fccad5be	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB356	cad8fa05c8b506cac40837f10d694004fe9df7017451f4b35690ad0e38055ac8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 356 (2020) — Aircraft; no aircraft shall be required to be registered if brought into Commonwealth for repairs.

Aircraft; registration; definition. Requires an aircraft be registered in the Commonwealth if it is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 days during a calendar year. Current law requires registration if the aircraft is based in the Commonwealth for more than 60 days during a 12-month period. The bill creates an exception to registration for aircraft that are in the Commonwealth solely for major repairs or maintenance. The bill also adds a definition of "unmanned aircraft," and specifies that owners of unmanned aircraft are not required to register such aircraft. This bill incorporates SB 865.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1255) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB356) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reenrolled bill text (SB356ER2) (committee substitute) — source
6. SB356S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) — 86–13 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: (92-Y 0-N) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101049D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB356)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Incorporates SB865 (Favola)
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106437D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20106437D-S1
• 2020-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S1
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB356S1)
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-26 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Amendment by Delegate Carter agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with amendment (87-Y 13-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N)
• 2020-02-26 House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB356ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2020-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 20109557D-S2
• 2020-04-22 Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (92-Y 0-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB356ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1255 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60b87219-3592-4517-9060-26a9fccad5be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).