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The Latest News on Legislation is listed on this page. Please click on any bill to see its status. The prefiled bills for the 2012 session are posted below. These are the bills of interest to car hobbyists. You may click on any bill link to learn more about that bill and its status.

• HB 11 Transportation; bonds for specific project on northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 95.
  
  
• HB 23 Transportation Trust Fund; increases amount of sales and use tax revenue dedicated to Fund.
  
  
• HB 41 Personal property tax; situs of certain motor vehicles.
  
  
• HB 49 DUI; raises penalty for aggravated involuntary manslaughter.
  
  
• HB 50 DUI; penalty for maiming shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of one year.
  
  
• HB 72 Highway work zones; required to be clearly marked with warning signs and flashing lights.
  
  
• HB 85 HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.
  
  
• HB 97 Motorcycles; driving two abreast in a single lane.
  
  
• HB 99 Leased vehicles' registration; DMV to obtain name of business, street address, etc. of lessees.
  
  
• HB 106 Driver's licenses; required to show street address of licensee's principal residence in State.
  
  
• HB 110 Student driver education; instruction on organ donation.
  
  
• HB 114 Cigarettes; deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash.
  
  
• HB 115 Smoking in cars with a minor present; civil penalty.
  
  
• HB 122 Driver’s licenses; allows military veterans who are at least 21 to have veteran status indicated.
  
  
• HB 171 Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; bonding requirements.
  
  
• HB 182 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.
  
  
• HB 187 Police check-points; prohibits establishment of motorcycle only check-points.
  
  
• HB 194 Driver's licenses, commercial; requires DMV to consider applicants' military experience.
  
  
• HB 198 Voter registration; requires a receipt be given to person completing form at DMV office.
  
  
• HB 235 Motor vehicles; limits number of supplemental sales licenses that can be issued.
  
  
• HB 256 HOV lanes; extends sunset clause in Northern Virginia and in Hampton Roads.
  
  
• HB 279 DUI ignition interlock limitations.
  
  
• HB 304 DMV Service Charge.
  
  
• HB 308 DMV documents.
  
  
• HB 308 DMV documents.
  
  
• HB 310 Driver's licenses; diabetes and hearing or speech impairments.
  
  
• HB 322 Motor vehicle rental tax; exclusions from the tax.
  
  
• HB 353 Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing.
  
  
• HB 355 Automobile insurance policies; use of credit and driving record information.
  
  
• HB 376 Driver’s licenses; storage of driver’s license information.
  
  
• HB 388 Driver’s licenses; veterans.
  
  
• HB 393 Motor fuels tax; rate increase.
  
  
• HB 404 Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving.
  
  
• HB 422 Transportation funding and administration.
  
  
• HB 427 Highway maintenance funds.
  
  
• HB 433 Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information.
  
  
• HB 467 Ignition interlock installation requirement.
  
  
• HB 497 Use of handheld personal communications devices; penalty.
  
  
• HB 498 Funeral processions; sheriff and police escorts.
  
  
• HB 532 Operation of moving motor vehicles while distracted; penalty.
  
  
• HB 536 Motor fuels tax.
  
  
• HB 539 Private road maintenance.
  
  
• HB 541 Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
  
• HB 542 Highway maintenance projects.
  
  
• HB 545 Virginia Department of Transportation; incident management.
  
  
• HB 555 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for certain motor sports facilities.
  
  
• HB 560 Driver's licenses.
  
  
• HB 568 Driver’s licenses; veterans.
  
  
• HB 583 Traffic control preemption devices.
  
  
• HB 584 Highway median maintenance agreements.
  
  
• HB 588 Maximum speed limit in an industrial park.
  
  
• HB 589 Repo men; traffic laws applicable.
  
  
• HB 604 Special license plates; IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.
  
  
• HB 616 Advertising within the limits of the highway; penalties.
  
  
• HB 626 Highway noise; certain reports by VDOT required.
  
  
• HB 647 Issuance of driver’s licenses to minors.
  
  
• HB 649 Odometer tampering.
  
  
• HB 651 License plates, special; issuance of those bearing legend: I SUPPORT ANIMAL RESCUE.
  
  
• HB 652 Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty.
  
  
• HB 660 Solar photovoltaic power production projects; VDOT to lease space within highway rights-of-way.
  
  
• HB 680 DUI; exemplary damages.
  
  
• HB 685 Emergency lights.
  
  
• HB 686 Special license plates; veterans of Operation Desert Shield or Operation Desert Storm.
  
  
• HB 688 Special driver’s license required for convicted methamphetamine offenders.
  
  
• HB 689 Application for driver's license; social security number.
  
  
• HB 693 HOV lanes; extends sunset provision on use by vehicles with clean special fuel license plates.
  
  
• HB 699 Highway maintenance funds; allocation of funds.
  
  
• HB 709 Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits; assignments.
  
  
• HB 742 Farm use vehicles; distance limit.
  
  
• HB 743 Tax exemption; farm utility vehicles.
  
  
• HB 746 Unregistered farm vehicles.
  
  
• HB 762 Special license plates; Virginia's Eastern Shore.
  
  
• HB 774 License plates, special; repeals issuance to supporters celebrating centennial of Fort Belvoir.
  
  
• HB 778 Tolls; Interstate Highway System. Prohibits tolling on Interstate 95.
  
  
• HB 780 Converted vehicles.
  
  
• HB 784 Drivers to exercise due care.
  
  
• HB 798 Salvage vehicles.
  
  
• HB 802 Transportation funding and administration; Virginia Pump Toll ("FareShare").
  
  
• HB 805 On-road clean screen program; vehicle emissions inspection.
  
  
• HB 843 License plates, special; issuance to supporters of Trees Virginia.
  
  
• HB 861 Vehicle and trailer immobilization.
  
  
• HB 868 Plug-in electric-drive vehicles.
  
  
• HB 870 Salvage vehicles.
  
  
• HB 874 Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty.
  
  
• HB 875 Vehicle insurance.
  
  
• HB 878 License taxes on certain motor vehicles.
  
  
• HB 891 Operation of vehicles equipped with mobile infrared transmitters; penalty.
  
  
• HB 892 Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds.
  
  
• HB 899 Transportation funding; motor fuels tax and sales and use tax revenue.
  
  
• HB 914 Children at play signs; allows local governments to install.
  
  
• HB 951 DUI ignition interlock.
  
  
• HB 957 Zero tolerance BAC after restoration of full driving privilege following DUI conviction.
  
  
• HB 962 Penalty for DUI maiming.
  
  
• HB 983 Motor fuels tax rate.
  
  
• HB 1007 Voter registration; Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
  
• HB 1025 Driver’s licenses; veterans.
  
  
• HB 1039 Street maintenance payments; highway maintenance payments increased.
  
  
• HB 1040 License plates, special; issuance of those commemorating America's buffalo soldiers.
  
  
• HB 1042 Expiration of driver's licenses; active duty military.
  
  
• HB 1043 Grace period for vehicle registration
  
  
• HB 1053 Texting while driving.
  
  
• HB 1072 Emissions inspections.
  
  
• HB 1164 Secondary and urban system highways; STO to conduct periodic examination of process.
  
  
• HB 1195 Vehicle weight limits; increases tandem axle weight limit.
  
  
• HB 1214 Suspended license; when court may reduce charge.
  
  
• HB 1236 License plates, special; issuance to members and former members of U.S. Army Rangers.
  
  
• HB 1241 Motor fuels tax; indexed.
  
  
• HB 1246 Dulles Greenway; outdoor advertising; tolls.
  
  
• HB 1248 Transportation construction, operation and maintenance, and funding.
  
  
• HB 1258 Ignition interlock permit replaces restricted license post-DUI.
  
  
• HB 1263 VDOT Integrated Directional Sign Program; businesses can install if they meet other criteria.
  
  
• HB 1296 Huguenot Memorial Bridge; sets maximum speed limit on Bridge in City of Richmond.
  
  
• HB 1297 Tolls; use to fund other facility.
  
  
• HJ 13 Ignition interlock; State Crime Commission to study installation for DUI first offender, etc.
  
  
• HJ 185 Highway and monorail transportation, combined; Congress to support funding for hybrid systems, etc.
  
  
• SB 3 Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc.
  
  
• SB 27 License plates; display of single plate on registered vehicles.
  
  
• SB 46 On-road clean screen program; vehicle emissions inspection.
  
  
• SB 88 Notice of suspension or revocation of driver's licenses.
  
  
• SB 93 Special license plates; Reston.
  
  
• SB 101 Bicycles in Blacksburg.
  
  
• SB 113 Issuance of driver’s licenses to minors.
  
  
• SB 138 Motor vehicle fuel sales tax.
  
  
• SB 155 Repairable vehicles.
  
  
• SB 182 Penalty for DUI manslaughter.
  
  
• SB 199 Pedestrians. .
  
  
• SB 206 Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty.
  
  
• SB 209 HOV lanes; use by vehicle with clean special fuel license plates.
  
  
• SB 210 Provisional driver's license holders.
  
  
• SB 219 Text messaging and emailing while driving; penalty.
  
  
• SB 225 Special license plates; PEACE BEGINS AT HOME.
  
  
• SB 228 Vehicle and trailer immobilization.
  
  
• SB 230 Administration of local highway projects.
  
  
• SB 231 Local regulation of taxicabs.
  
  
• SB 264 Following too closely.
  
  
• SB 280 Vehicle insurance.
  
  
• SB 289 Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty.
  
  
• SB 304 Display of vehicle license plates.
  
  
• SB 333 Mopeds.
  
  
• SB 334 Special license plates; supporters of NASCAR
  
  
• SB 336 Definitions of all-terrain and utility vehicles.
  
  
• SB 337 Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
  
• SB 343 Motor carrier and commercial driver's licensing.
  
  
• SB 350 Motor vehicle insurance; premiums based on credit information.
  
  
• SB 358 Infrared traffic light signal changers.
  
  
• SB 364 Police-requested vehicular towing.
  
  
• SB 365 Judgments for motor vehicle accident damages.
  
  
• SB 378 DUI ignition interlock.
  
  
• SB 388 Special license plates; IN REMEMBRANCE, APRIL 16, 2007.
  
  
• SB 397 Electric vehicles; emissions testing.
  
  
• SB 421 Motor vehicle dealers; the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund.
  
  
• SB 423 Motor vehicle license plates.
  
  
• SB 454 Handicapped parking.
  
  
• SB 481 Odometer tampering.
  
  
• SB 485 Alternative Fuel Vehicle Conversion Fund.
  
  
• SB 500 Fines and fees for violations occurring on interstate highways.
  
  
• SB 502 Emissions inspections.
  
  
• SB 503 Motor vehicle fuels sales tax.
  
  
• SB 516 Motor vehicle insurance; medical expense benefits; assignments.
  
  
• SB 521 Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage license for certain motor sports facilities.
  
  
• SB 530 Public hearings prior to certain VDOT projects.
  
  
• SB 587 License plates, special; changes those promoting tourism on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
  
  
• SB 595 Railroad grade crossings; vehicles who are required to stop for trains.
  
  
• SB 603 Driver's licenses; allows suspension of or refusal to renew of prisoners who do not pay fees.
  
  
• SB 631 Motor fuels tax; indexed.
  
  
• SB 633 Bicycles helmets.
  
  
• SB 639 Transportation construction, operation and maintenance, and funding.
  
  
• SB 666 Fines and fees; disposition of fines in traffic cases.
  
  
• SJ 52 High capacity transit; Transportation Board to make priority for funding by State.