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type: "Bill"
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title: "Aircraft; no aircraft shall be required to be registered if brought into Commonwealth for repairs."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 356"
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citation: "Virginia SB 356 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John A. Cosgrove, Jr."]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b87219-3592-4517-9060-26a9fccad5be"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB356"
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source_hash: "cad8fa05c8b506cac40837f10d694004fe9df7017451f4b35690ad0e38055ac8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 356 (2020) — Aircraft; no aircraft shall be required to be registered if brought into Commonwealth for repairs.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1255)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1255)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB356ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB356S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB356)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB356)
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5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB356ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB356ER2)
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6. **SB356S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB356S2)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) — **86–13** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (92-Y 0-N) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101049D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB356)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Incorporates SB865 (Favola)
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- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20106437D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20106437D-S1
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- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S1
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB356S1)
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Amendment by Delegate Carter agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House with amendment (87-Y 13-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N)
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- **2020-02-26** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB356ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
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- **2020-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 20109557D-S2
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- **2020-04-22** Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (92-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (SB356ER2)
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1255 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60b87219-3592-4517-9060-26a9fccad5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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