HB950
Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies, search warrant required, exceptions.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 11, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Use of unmanned aircraft systems by public bodies; search warrant required; exceptions.
Adds the Department of Environmental Quality to the list of exceptions to the warrant requirement for the use of an unmanned aircraft system by public bodies for the implementation and civil enforcement of the Virginia Water Resources and Wetlands Protection Program, the Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Act, and erosion ... (More) and sediment control in localities without a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program against a permittee. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102887D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB950)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/09/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/11/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
