Virginia House Bill 950: Unmanned aircraft systems; use by public bodies, search warrant required, exceptions.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

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.

Latest action

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0245) (2026-04-06)

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