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| Bill | Unmanned aircraft systems; use by law-enforcement officers, search warrants. | Use of unmanned aircraft systems by law-enforcement officers; search warrants; model policy. Expedites the issuance of a search warrant for unmanned aircraft systems by law-enforcement officers upon a finding of reasonable and probable cause by an authorized judicial official, as defined in the bill, and permits the use of unmanned aircraft systems without a search warrant when law enforcement is surveying the scene of a crime or to respond to a public safety call for service when such crime scene or call for service is located on public property, to locate a person when such person has fled the offense location during the initial response to an incident, or to provide real-time aerial observation to increase on-scene safety and security. Such provisions are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission and the Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys, to establish a model policy for the use of unmanned aircraft systems by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 647. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1219 | Virginia HB 1219 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1219 (2026) — Unmanned aircraft systems; use by law-enforcement officers, search warrants.
Use of unmanned aircraft systems by law-enforcement officers; search warrants; model policy. Expedites the issuance of a search warrant for unmanned aircraft systems by law-enforcement officers upon a finding of reasonable and probable cause by an authorized judicial official, as defined in the bill, and permits the use of unmanned aircraft systems without a search warrant when law enforcement is surveying the scene of a crime or to respond to a public safety call for service when such crime scene or call for service is located on public property, to locate a person when such person has fled the offense location during the initial response to an incident, or to provide real-time aerial observation to increase on-scene safety and security. Such provisions are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission and the Virginia Association of Commonwealth's Attorneys, to establish a model policy for the use of unmanned aircraft systems by December 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 647.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Criminal Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103614D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-11 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26106525D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (2/17/2026 3:20 pm)
- 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1219ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1219)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 270 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0270)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b907dd6-6915-4ad7-9320-69833634bebb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).