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type: "Bill"
title: "Public aircraft; extends sunset provision."
description: "Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2030, the sunset of changes made to the definition of \"public aircraft\" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly. The sunset was previously extended from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 741"
citation: "Virginia SB 741 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-10-22"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c7c124a-0f5e-4357-add1-dc2b152d7396"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB741"
source_hash: "7c39a0f10911237f42e0c63427269c760c4d070a4561e88756d4b4f4260d87a5"
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 741 (2025) — Public aircraft; extends sunset provision.
Definition of public aircraft; sunset. Extends from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2030, the sunset of changes made to the definition of "public aircraft" by the 2018 Session of the General Assembly. The sunset was previously extended from September 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025, by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1010938.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072623.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059493.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-10-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100896D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-10-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
- **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB741ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB741)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c7c124a-0f5e-4357-add1-dc2b152d7396`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).