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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 HB 1715. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 SB 939 Virginia SB 939 (2025)
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Virginia SB 939 (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 HB 1715.

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. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. SFIN Sub: Public Safety & Claims Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102103D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
  • 2025-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
  • 2025-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-27 Committee substitute printed 25106095D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106421D-S2 substitution
  • 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
  • 2025-01-30 Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
  • 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-01-31 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
  • 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-01-31 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
  • 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
  • 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
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER) passage
  • 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04d2c029-d9a8-428a-b33b-89ad4fde7b28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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