republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1851.md

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Bill	Unmanned aircraft; exempts an owner from the requirement to register.	Aircraft registration; unmanned aircraft.Exempts an owner of an unmanned aircraft from the requirement toregister aircrafts.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1851	Virginia HB 1851 (2021)	bill		enacted	Karrie K. Delaney	3	23	6	2021-01-07	2021-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/9f87afe9-d512-4c4e-a97a-35ef7f2798fc	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1851	aebb9764b3d2d3ca85728216dc7a9cfa30d673c20eafa70aeeecb5bd74eaf638	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1851 (2021) — Unmanned aircraft; exempts an owner from the requirement to register.

Aircraft registration; unmanned aircraft.Exempts an owner of an unmanned aircraft from the requirement toregister aircrafts.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0045 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1851ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100608D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — 83–15 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100608D introduction
• 2021-01-07 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1851)
• 2021-01-18 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-20 Passed by for the day
• 2021-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-01-22 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-22 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
• 2021-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Enrolled
• 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1851ER)
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 45 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f87afe9-d512-4c4e-a97a-35ef7f2798fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).