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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mail theft; definitions, penalty."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 939"
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citation: "Virginia SB 939 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Saddam Azlan Salim"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04d2c029-d9a8-428a-b33b-89ad4fde7b28"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB939"
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source_hash: "f76244ecf2f69a2ef8a936f4641fa2ef13b1af3f672a9d4693de4c549d28b71b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 939 (2025) — Mail theft; definitions, penalty.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013462.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071414.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1029952.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034695.PDF)
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5. **SFIN Sub: Public Safety & Claims Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032820.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051056.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102103D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-08** Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
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- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
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- **2025-01-27** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Committee substitute printed 25106095D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-28** Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106421D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2025-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-30** Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)
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- **2025-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
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- **2025-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-01-31** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
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- **2025-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04d2c029-d9a8-428a-b33b-89ad4fde7b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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