republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1272.md

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Bill	Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalties.	Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalties. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly and intentionally, and without authorization, causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the airspace over any public services or utilities or critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, including any military base authorized by the U.S. Department of Defense. The bill also adds that the offenses related to trespass with an unmanned aircraft system shall not apply to any person who causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter any prohibited property if such person is (i) an employee of the property and is conducting official business or (ii) an employee of a public service or utility or critical infrastructure and is conducting official business.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1272	Virginia SB 1272 (2025)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Jordan	10	53	11	2025-01-08	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/e2dbb4ff-e523-4d44-8786-7e93c52009b8	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1272	834313c44cef8f5ebb7a2dad418892cd698d792b2eabe422dd485eb9ab9d9453	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1272 (2025) — Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalties.

Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalties. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly and intentionally, and without authorization, causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the airspace over any public services or utilities or critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, including any military base authorized by the U.S. Department of Defense. The bill also adds that the offenses related to trespass with an unmanned aircraft system shall not apply to any person who causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter any prohibited property if such person is (i) an employee of the property and is conducting official business or (ii) an employee of a public service or utility or critical infrastructure and is conducting official business.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Courts of Justice Substitute Reported (committee substitute) — source
7. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
9. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emily M. Jordan — primary (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100773D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1272)
• 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1272)
• 2025-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-22 Committee substitute printed 25105813D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-27 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1272)
• 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1272)
• 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-31 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading)
• 2025-01-31 Passed Senate passage
• 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-14 Committee substitute printed 25107394D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-14 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1272)
• 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-19 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1272)
• 2025-02-20 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1272ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1272)
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (SB1272S2)
• 2025-03-31 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1272)
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (SB1272ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 622 (Effective 07/01/2025) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0622)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2dbb4ff-e523-4d44-8786-7e93c52009b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).