Virginia Senate Bill 1331 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Drones; moratorium. Places a moratorium on the use of unmanned aircraft systems by state and local law enforcement and regulatory entities until July 1, 2015, except in defined emergency situations or in training exercises related to such situations. The moratorium does not apply to certain Virginia National Guard functions or to research and development conducted by institutions of higher education or other research organizations. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and other agencies, to develop protocols for the use of drones by law-enforcement agencies and report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2013.

Drones; moratorium on use of unmanned aircraft systems by state or local government department, etc.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]

2013-04-03 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 100 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-03 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-21 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 5-N) (Y: 90 N: 5 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 1-N) (Y: 16 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-13 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) (Y: 36 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-03		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
2013-04-03		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/13)
2013-04-03	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2013-04-03	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2013-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB1331ER2)
2013-04-03	Senate	Reenrolled
2013-04-03		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2013-04-03	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 1-N)
2013-04-03	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 1-N)
2013-04-03	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
2013-04-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar
2013-03-21	Senate	Governor's substitute printed 13105672D-S2
2013-03-21	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2013-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2013-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2013-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1331ER)
2013-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2013-02-21	Senate	Title replaced 13105257D-H1
2013-02-21	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-20	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 5-N)
2013-02-20	House	Passed House with substitute (88-Y 5-N)
2013-02-20	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1331H1
2013-02-20	House	Committee substitute agreed to 13105257D-H1
2013-02-20	House	Read third time
2013-02-19	House	Read second time
2013-02-18	House	Committee substitute printed 13105257D-H1
2013-02-18	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 1-N)
2013-02-13	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
2013-02-12	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2013-02-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-02-11	House	Read first time
2013-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-02-05	Senate	Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1331S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 13104796D-S1
2013-02-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2013-02-05	Senate	Read second time
2013-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2013-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 13104796D-S1
2013-02-04	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
2013-01-18	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-18	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 13103017D

HB2012 (Same As) 2013-04-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0755)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+SB1331
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+SB1331ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0796+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+S03V0176+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0375SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0379SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0388SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0801V0123+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H08V0374+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1179+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0795SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+SV0978SB1331+SB1331
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+HV1414+SB1331