Bill Sponsor
Virginia Senate Bill 757
Session 2025
Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty.
Became Law
Became Law
Signed by Governor on Mar 24, 2025
First Action
Dec 10, 2024
Latest Action
Mar 24, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
757
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Senate Votes (0)
Senate votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
An Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-121.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility; penalty. 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. This bill is identical to HB 1726.
03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)
03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (Effective 07/01/25)
02/18/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
02/18/2025
Senate
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
02/13/2025
Senate
Signed by President
02/12/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
02/11/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
02/11/2025
Senate
Enrolled bill reprinted 25104637D
02/11/2025
Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB757ER)
02/11/2025
Senate
Enrolled
02/10/2025
House
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
02/10/2025
House
Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
02/10/2025
House
Read third time
02/07/2025
House
Read second time
02/07/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
02/05/2025
Senate
Impact statement from VCSC (SB757)
02/05/2025
House
Committee substitute printed 25106788D-H1
02/05/2025
House
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
02/05/2025
Senate
Impact statement from VCSC (SB757)
02/04/2025
House
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/04/2025
House
Read first time
02/04/2025
House
Placed on Calendar
01/27/2025
Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
01/24/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
01/24/2025
Senate
Committee substitute agreed to
01/24/2025
Senate
Read second time
01/23/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
01/23/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
01/23/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
01/22/2025
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
01/21/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
01/14/2025
Senate
Committee substitute printed 25104637D-S1
01/13/2025
Senate
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
01/10/2025
Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
01/07/2025
Senate
Impact statement from VCSC (SB757)
12/10/2024
Senate
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
12/10/2024
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101472D
Sources
Record Created
Dec 12, 2024 8:56:08 PM
Record Updated
Sep 1, 2025 1:25:09 PM