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Bill Mail theft; definitions, penalty. Mail theft; penalty. Creates the offense of mail theft, punishable as a Class 6 felony, for any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle. This bill is identical to SB 939. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1715 Virginia HB 1715 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1715 (2025) — Mail theft; definitions, penalty.

Mail theft; penalty. Creates the offense of mail theft, punishable as a Class 6 felony, for any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle. This bill is identical to SB 939.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N) — 35–1 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
  • Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102652D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-07 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
  • 2025-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Committee substitute printed 25106577D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-05 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
  • 2025-02-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 128 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bf6aa93-8f43-4a9c-b7c9-fbf1186b074c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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