VirginiaSB9392025 Regular SessionSenate

Mail theft; definitions, penalty.

Sponsored By: Saddam Azlan Salim (Democratic)

To Governor

Summary

Mail theft; penalty. Creates the offense of mail theft, punishable as a Class 6 felony, for any person who (i) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage, or defraud another (a) takes, destroys, hides, or embezzles mail or (b) obtains any mail by fraud or deception; (ii) buys, receives, conceals, or possesses (a) mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained; (b) any key he knows or reasonably should know is suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle located in a cluster mailbox unit or other mailbox panel used for the purpose of centralized mail in any neighborhood, including any condominium or apartment complex; or (c) a counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to any lock described in clause (b); or (iii) knowingly, willfully, and with the intent to steal any mail inside damages, opens, removes, injures, vandalizes, or destroys any mail receptacle. This bill is identical to HB 1715.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Saddam Azlan Salim

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 224 • No: 2

House vote • 2/13/2025

Passed House Block Vote

Yes: 96 • No: 0

House vote • 2/10/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice

Yes: 22 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/3/2025

Read third time and passed Senate

Yes: 39 • No: 1

Senate vote • 1/30/2025

Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading)

Yes: 39 • No: 0 • Other: 1

Senate vote • 1/29/2025

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute

Yes: 15 • No: 0

Senate vote • 1/27/2025

Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Yes: 13 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)

    3/19/2025Governor
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (Effective 07/01/25)

    3/19/2025Governor
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m.,March 24, 2025

    3/3/2025Governor
  4. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025

    3/3/2025Senate
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)

    2/20/2025Senate
  6. Signed by President

    2/20/2025Senate
  7. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB939ER)

    2/18/2025Senate
  8. Enrolled

    2/18/2025Senate
  9. Signed by Speaker

    2/18/2025House
  10. Passed House Block Vote (96-Y 0-N)

    2/13/2025House
  11. Read third time

    2/13/2025House
  12. Read second time

    2/12/2025House
  13. Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

    2/10/2025House
  14. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    2/6/2025House
  15. Read first time

    2/6/2025House
  16. Placed on Calendar

    2/6/2025House
  17. Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)

    2/3/2025Senate
  18. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB939)

    1/31/2025Senate
  19. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

    1/31/2025Senate
  20. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

    1/31/2025Senate
  21. Courts of Justice Substitute rejected

    1/31/2025Senate
  22. Read second time

    1/31/2025Senate
  23. Reading of substitute waived

    1/31/2025Senate
  24. Impact statement from VCSC (SB939)

    1/30/2025Senate
  25. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)

    1/30/2025Senate

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