VirginiaMail theft; definitions, penalty.
What it does
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 SB 939.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 19Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0128)Latest
- Mar 19Approved by Governor Glenn Youngkin-Chapter 128 (Effective 07/01/25)Became Law
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
- Feb 19Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1715ER)Major
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N)Major
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (35-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 12Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 1-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 7Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1715)
- Feb 5Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
- Feb 5Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Passed House (99-Y 0-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed House (99-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)Passed House
- Feb 3Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 3Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Committee substitute printed 25106577D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 31Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 31Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)Major
- Jan 28Assigned Courts sub: CriminalMinor
- Jan 7Impact statement from VCSC (HB1715)
- Jan 4Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 4Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102652DIntroduced