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type: "Bill"
title: "Aircraft; an airport has a lien on an abandoned or derelict aircraft on its property for all fees."
description: "Abandoned or derelict aircraft. Provides that an airport has a lien on an abandoned or derelict aircraft, defined in the bill, on its property for all fees and charges for the use of the airport by such aircraft and for all fees and charges incurred by the airport for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft. The bill authorizes an airport operator or his designee to retain, trade, sell, or dispose of an abandoned or derelict aircraft on the property of such airport. The bill provides for notice requirements prior to any such transfer of ownership interest in the aircraft."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 446"
citation: "Virginia HB 446 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wren M. Williams"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a22c3821-bb43-42d7-b0a7-bfff043fc387"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB446"
source_hash: "44a7a5c6743d440ec95dbbb7cb2b39c099424989f7ec3a16e6898117bb94f355"
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 HB 446 (2024) — Aircraft; an airport has a lien on an abandoned or derelict aircraft on its property for all fees.
Abandoned or derelict aircraft. Provides that an airport has a lien on an abandoned or derelict aircraft, defined in the bill, on its property for all fees and charges for the use of the airport by such aircraft and for all fees and charges incurred by the airport for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft. The bill authorizes an airport operator or his designee to retain, trade, sell, or dispose of an abandoned or derelict aircraft on the property of such airport. The bill provides for notice requirements prior to any such transfer of ownership interest in the aircraft.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0810** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0810)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 24109346D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB446H1)
3. **HB446ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB446ER)
4. **HB446ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB446ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100802D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB446)
6. **Printed as engrossed 24100802D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB446E)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N) — **1822** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (29-Y 11-N) — **2911** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wren M. Williams — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100802D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB446)
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB446E
- **2024-02-06** Printed as engrossed 24100802D-E
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation with amendments (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-20** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N)
- **2024-02-20** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Passed Senate with amendments (29-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB446E)
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB446ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB446ER)
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2024-04-08** Governor's substitute printed 24109346D-H1
- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (HB446ER2) `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 810 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0810)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a22c3821-bb43-42d7-b0a7-bfff043fc387`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).