Virginia House Bill 1726

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Committee substitute printed 25106135D-H1
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. Creates a Class 4 felony for any person who knowingly, intentionally, and without authorization causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property of and obtains or attempts to obtain any videographic or still image that contains or reveals any controlled technical information located within a contracted defense facility, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill also provides that the owner or operator of a contracted defense facility and its employees shall be immune from criminal prosecution and civil liability as a result of preventing, stopping, deterring, interrupting, or repelling, or attempting to prevent, stop, deter, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system from entering the property of such contracted defense facility or from stopping, interrupting or repelling, or attempting to stop, interrupt, or repel, an unmanned aircraft system that has entered such property, provided that such action does not result in injury to any person.

Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty.

Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Phil Hernandez [D]	Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]
Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]
Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]

2025-01-31 - House - Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-31 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 25106135D-H1
2025-01-31	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2025-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2025-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2025-01-08	House	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1726)
2025-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2025-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104141D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1726
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1726/text/HB1726
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1726/text/HB1726HC1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1726/text/HB1726H1
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015365.PDF
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017437.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1726/20251/H08001V2512159
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB1726/20251/H08V2512221