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| Bill | Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties. | Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties. Adds the intentional destruction of or damage to any fixture, equipment, or information technology system that is used to provide, process, transmit, or maintain public services, public utilities, cable television, broadband, or other critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, to the existing offense of damage or trespass to public services or utilities. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to HB 317. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 743 | Virginia SB 743 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 743 (2026) — Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties.
Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties. Adds the intentional destruction of or damage to any fixture, equipment, or information technology system that is used to provide, process, transmit, or maintain public services, public utilities, cable television, broadband, or other critical infrastructure, as defined in relevant law, to the existing offense of damage or trespass to public services or utilities. The bill contains technical amendments and is identical to HB 317.
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
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26104434D
introduction - 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 11:05 am)
- 2026-02-04 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26105842D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 10:52 am)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-13 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-13 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB743)
- 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-03-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB743ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB743)
- 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 106 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acaa41bb-8289-487a-be19-7275d987d650. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).