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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies, certain employees."
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description: "Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; employees. Allows a law-enforcement officer or an employee of a law-enforcement agency to deploy an unmanned aircraft system without a warrant (i) following an accident where a report is required pursuant to relevant law to survey the scene of such accident for the purpose of crash reconstruction and record the scene by photographic or video images or (ii) to (a) aerially survey a primary residence of the subject of the arrest warrant to formulate a plan to execute an existing arrest warrant or capias for a felony offense or (b) locate a person sought for arrest when such person has fled from a law-enforcement officer and a law-enforcement officer remains in hot pursuit of such person. Current law allows a law-enforcement officer to operate an unmanned aircraft system under such conditions. The bill also permits a law-enforcement officer to deploy an unmanned aircraft system without a warrant where such officer is investigating unmanned aircraft systems surrounding or over property of the federal or state government, public critical infrastructure, or nongovernment-operated prison or jail facilities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2177"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2177 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wendell S. Walker"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cd86415-7f4c-429c-a781-0b2057c74d8b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2177"
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source_hash: "356e47fe556784cd054f83a44cbb476d000d5b01e5e476f85e28a34b1b694487"
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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 HB 2177 (2025) — Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies, certain employees.
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Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; employees. Allows a law-enforcement officer or an employee of a law-enforcement agency to deploy an unmanned aircraft system without a warrant (i) following an accident where a report is required pursuant to relevant law to survey the scene of such accident for the purpose of crash reconstruction and record the scene by photographic or video images or (ii) to (a) aerially survey a primary residence of the subject of the arrest warrant to formulate a plan to execute an existing arrest warrant or capias for a felony offense or (b) locate a person sought for arrest when such person has fled from a law-enforcement officer and a law-enforcement officer remains in hot pursuit of such person. Current law allows a law-enforcement officer to operate an unmanned aircraft system under such conditions. The bill also permits a law-enforcement officer to deploy an unmanned aircraft system without a warrant where such officer is investigating unmanned aircraft systems surrounding or over property of the federal or state government, public critical infrastructure, or nongovernment-operated prison or jail facilities.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015425.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074172.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033121.PDF)
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4. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055143.HTML)
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5. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062443.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067016.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100571D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2177)
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- **2025-01-21** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106231D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2177)
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2177ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2177)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 400 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0400)
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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/5cd86415-7f4c-429c-a781-0b2057c74d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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