republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1144.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Aircraft; registration and licensure."
description: "Aircraft; registration and licensing. Requiresthat a civil aircraft be registered with the Department of Aviationif it is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 consecutive daysduring a calendar year. Current law requires registration if theaircraft is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 days totalduring a calendar year. An owner of a civil aircraft who registeredthe aircraft on or after January 1, 2018 but whose aircraft was not based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 consecutive calendar daysshall be entitled to a refund of the taxes and fees associated withthe registration. The bill also directs that the sales and use taxcollected from any civil aircraft required to be licensed in theCommonwealth be deposited in the general fund of the state treasury."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1144"
citation: "Virginia SB 1144 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec5a61b-6a81-405d-bc1d-ac814dc3e3eb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1144"
source_hash: "550fb05dd0b4bbc9dcb6b53953024215651a8b24c085c32a3fccbe08778f85a8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1144 (2021) — Aircraft; registration and licensure.

Aircraft; registration and licensing. Requiresthat a civil aircraft be registered with the Department of Aviationif it is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 consecutive daysduring a calendar year. Current law requires registration if theaircraft is based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 days totalduring a calendar year. An owner of a civil aircraft who registeredthe aircraft on or after January 1, 2018 but whose aircraft was not based in the Commonwealth for more than 90 consecutive calendar daysshall be entitled to a refund of the taxes and fees associated withthe registration. The bill also directs that the sales and use taxcollected from any civil aircraft required to be licensed in theCommonwealth be deposited in the general fund of the state treasury.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0372** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0372)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103884D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1144S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100539D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1144)
4. **SB1144ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1144ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N) — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — **90–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — **13–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100539D `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1144)
- **2021-01-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute printed 21103884D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB1144S1)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 21103884D-S1
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1144S1
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House (91-Y 9-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1144ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 372 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec5a61b-6a81-405d-bc1d-ac814dc3e3eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).