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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 757: Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 757 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on December 10, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; contracted defense facility, penalty. Primary sponsor: Mamie Locke (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mamie LockePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Lashrecse AirdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Christie CraigCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Bill DeStephCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Russet PerryCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0381)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB757)
  7. Signed by Speaker
  8. Enrolled bill reprinted 25104637D
  9. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB757ER)
  10. Enrolled
  11. Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
  12. Courts of Justice Substitute rejected

Showing 12 most recent of 37 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source