Bill Text: VA HB2020 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Unmanned aircraft systems; trespass over correctional facilities, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024) [HB2020 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB2020-Comm_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §18.2-121.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-121.3. Trespass with an unmanned aircraft system; penalty.
A. Any person who knowingly and intentionally causes an
unmanned aircraft system to (i) enter the property of another and come within
50 feet of a dwelling house (a) to coerce, intimidate, or harass another person
or (b) after having been given actual notice to desist, for any other reason,
or; (ii) take off or land in violation of current Federal Aviation
Administration Special Security Instructions or UAS Security Sensitive Airspace
Restrictions; or (iii) (a) drop any item within the boundaries of or (b)
obtain any videographic or still image of any identifiable inmate or resident
at any state or local correctional facility, as defined in §53.1-1, or
juvenile correctional center is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. This section shall not apply to any person who causes an unmanned aircraft system to enter the property as set forth in subsection A if (i) consent is given to the entry by any person with legal authority to consent or by any person who is lawfully present on such property or (ii) such person is authorized by federal regulations to operate an unmanned aircraft system and is operating such system in an otherwise lawful manner and consistent with federal regulations.