republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-743.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Damage or trespass to public services or utilities or critical infrastructure; penalties."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 743"
citation: "Virginia SB 743 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lashrecse D. Aird"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acaa41bb-8289-487a-be19-7275d987d650"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB743"
source_hash: "2a86e72d492b4a6fcede098fe68aceb3b2d4fcd83b4037cee1bef426d2924d9a"
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 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1092266.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216319.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132569.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198828.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acaa41bb-8289-487a-be19-7275d987d650`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).