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HB 950 Enacted

Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies, search warrant required, exceptions.

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted

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 and sediment control in localities without a Virginia Erosion and Stormwater Management Program against a permittee.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last action
Apr 6, 2026 — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245)
Session
2026
Momentum
84 · Very high