SB 948 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Registration of aircraft; fees.

Summary

Registration of aircraft; fees. Increases fees for registrations of aircraft and creates multiyear registrations for aircraft for a period not to exceed three years. This bill is identical to HB 2022.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 6, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates aircraft registration fees in Virginia, increasing maximum annual fees for various registration types from $5 to $30 for single aircraft, $50 to $75 for noncommercial dealer fleets, $100 to $150 for commercial fleets, and $10 to $40 for commercial single aircraft. The substantive policy change is the fee adjustment to generate additional revenue for the Department of Motor Vehicles while maintaining the same registration requirements and exemptions.

Scope change

No change to the scope of applicability; the bill applies to the same categories of aircraft owners and operators as before.

FISCAL

Increased maximum annual registration fees for single aircraft from $5 to $30, noncommercial dealer fleet registrations from $50 to $75, commercial fleet registrations from $100 to $150, and commercial single aircraft registrations from $10 to $40.

Updated multi-year registration fee caps for all aircraft categories to reflect the new annual fee structure, with two-year and three-year registration maximums adjusted accordingly.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and layout changes to the enrolled bill text, including spacing adjustments and chapter number formatting.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 29, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2025

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 40

Jan 29, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 18, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 63 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER)

upper

Feb 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (91-Y 4-N)

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Transportation (19-Y 1-N)

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)

upper

Jan 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor