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The Latest News on Legislation is listed on this page. Please click on any bill to see its status. Bills for the 2025 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. Note that this is the short session and bills have been carried over from the 2024 session and some new bills have been added by the members.

• HB 20 Photo speed monitoring devices; location
  
  
• HB 1549 Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty.
  
  
• HB 1615 Transportation infrastructure and projects; noise analysis.
  
  
• HB 1622 Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty: $500 civil penalty and subjects a vehicle to towing if a person leaves a visible handgun in an unattended vehicle.
  
  
• HB 1643 Dismissal of certain traffic violations for proof of compliance with law.
  
  
• HB 1664 Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation by certain localities.
  
  
• HB 1666 Photo speed monitoring devices; location.
  
  
• HB 1673 Pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems and stop sign violation monitoring systems; violation enforcement; civil penalty.
  
  
• HB 1683 Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal.penalty.
  
  
• HB 1722 Special license plates; LUPUS AWARENESS.
  
  
• HB 1747 Motor vehicle safety inspection approval sticker; armed services grace period.
  
  
• HB 1750 Department of Transportation; maintenance on components of the Interstate System.
  
  
• HB 1779 Carbon-free energy or clean energy; fusion energy; definitions.
  
  
• HB 1784 Expired vehicle registration; fines.
  
  
• HB 1791 Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund; established and created.
  
  
• HB 1801 School crossing zones.
  
  
• HB 1836 Driver training schools; operation and licensure.
  
  
• HB 1841 Motor vehicle sales and use tax; abandoned vehicles not sold at auction.
  
  
• HB 1856 Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles.
  
  
• HB 1916 Waste tire disposal by producers and haulers; fee; requirements: increases the tire recycling fee from $0.50 to $2 beginning July 1, 2026
  
  
• HB 1926 Traffic control device and traffic light signal violation monitoring systems; issuance of summons. Increases from 10 business days to 30 business days the deadline for a locality to execute a summons for a traffic control device or traffic light signal violation enforced by a violation monitoring system.
  
  
• HB 1993 Public school buses; display of advertising; hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division.
  
  
• HB 2036 Reckless driving; street takeover and exhibition driving; penalties.
  
  
• HB 2041 Speed safety cameras; placement and operation.
  
  
• HB 2116 Driver's licenses, identification cards, and learner's permits; indication of non-apparent disability; indication of a disability that can impair communication.
  
  
• HB 2205 Department of Motor Vehicles; proof of financial responsibility in the future.
  
  
• HB 2211 Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; mine rescue team vehicles
  
  
• HB 2213 School boards; driver education; behind-the-wheel driver training.
  
  
• HB 2214 Trespass towing fees; State Corporation Commission to establish; report.
  
  
• HB 2256 Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $5,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
  
• HB 2267 Air quality monitoring program for certain communities; Virginia Council on Environmental Justice
  
  
• HB 2334 Vehicle safety inspections; new motor vehicles. Extends from 12 months to 24 months the period for which a vehicle safety inspection is valid for new motor vehicles. The bill requires the fee for a 24-month inspection approval sticker to be double the price of a 12-month inspection approval sticker. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
  
  
• HB 2385 Motor vehicle accidents; actions brought by uninsured motorists; limited damages.
  
  
• HB 2408 Tax credit for vehicle emissions testing equipment; certain vehicles and refueling property.
  
  
• HB 2423 Department of Motor Vehicles; incorrect vehicle title or registration address.
  
  
• HB 2458 Vehicles used for agricultural purposes.
  
  
• HB 2475 Use of safety belt systems.
  
  
• HB 2492 Motor vehicle accidents; actions brought by uninsured motorists; limited damages.
  
  
• HB 2501 Department of Motor Vehicles; driver communication improvement program.
  
  
• HB 2509 Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Board established
  
  
• HB 2540 Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund.
  
  
• HB 2550 Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authority; civil penalties. Authorizes counties in Planning District 8 to place and operate noise abatement monitoring systems, defined in the bill, for the purpose of recording and enforcing exhaust system violations, also defined in the bill. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100, but the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency. Under the bill, the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred to be used for the cost of administering the noise abatement monitoring system program and for transportation safety initiatives. The bill contains the same data privacy and storage requirements as are in current law for photo speed monitoring devices. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2027.
  
  
• HB 2600 Department of State Police; work group; reporting threshold for motor vehicle accidents; report. Directs the Department of State Police to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to review the property damage threshold for submitting a motor vehicle accident report to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  
  
• HB 2627 Automated driving systems and remotely operated vehicles: Provides requirements for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles and motor vehicles operated with an automated driving system engaged. The bill requires fully autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems operated in the Commonwealth to receive autonomous operation licenses prior to being operated in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all requirements for a human driver physically present in a motor vehicle also apply to a human driver who operates a motor vehicle through remote means and requires such human driver to be physically present in the Commonwealth when operating such motor vehicle.
  
  
• HB 2659 Motor vehicle dealers; buyer's order; leased motor vehicles.
  
  
• HB 2683 Road impact fees.
  
  
• HB 2716 Photo speed monitoring devices; private vendors; calibration; civil penalty. Requires any private vendor that has entered into an agreement with a law-enforcement agency to provide a photo speed monitoring device and is also compensated for the calibration of such device to calibrate such device in the same manner and to the same specifications as all other devices determining speed, to the extent that such devices utilize the same method of speed detection as such photo speed monitoring device, used by such law-enforcement agency. The bill also (i) requires such a private vendor to provide, within 10 days of a request by a person receiving a summons by mail for a vehicle speed violation recorded by a photo speed monitoring device provided by such private vendor, for proof of calibration for such photo speed monitoring device; (ii) requires such a summons to provide notice of such right to request such proof of calibration; and (iii) imposes a civil penalty on any private vendor who fails to provides such proof of calibration within such time.
  
  
• HB 2718 Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones. Requires photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images produced by a photo speed monitoring device placed in a school crossing zone to depict a portable sign or tilt-over sign that is in position or blinking sign that is activated, indicating the school crossing zone, at the time of such vehicle speed violation in order for a sworn certificate to be considered prima facie evidence for purposes of enforcing vehicle speed violations.
  
  
• HB 2721 Special license plates; Washington Commanders. Updates provisions related to special license plates issued to supporters of the Washington Redskins to specify that such special license plates shall be issued to supporters of the Washington Commanders. The bill allows special license plates issued to supporters of the Washington Redskins prior to July 1, 2025, to be used until their expiration and renewed if the proper fee is paid, except that $15 from such fee formerly paid to the Washington Redskins Leadership Council Fund is to be paid to the Washington Commanders Foundation Fund.
  
  
• HB 2756 Transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements.
  
  
• HB 2771 All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; penalty.
  
  
• HJ 436 Study; Department of State Police; vehicle noise-monitoring devices; report; vehicle noise-monitoring devices; report. Requests the Department of State Police to study the feasibility and impact of implementing vehicle noise-monitoring devices in the Commonwealth.
  
  
• HJ 449 Study; Department of Transportation; taxation of hybrid and electric trucks; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study options for taxation of hybrid and electric trucks to account for the shortfall in gas and diesel tax revenues that will result from the use of such vehicles.
  
  
• HJ 457 Constitutional amendment (first reference); personal property tax; exemption for motor vehicles owned for personal, noncommercial use. Requires the General Assembly to exempt from personal property taxes motor vehicles owned by an individual for personal, noncommercial use, provided that for the first year following the effective date of such law, the exemption shall be equal to 20 percent of the tax rate imposed by a locality on tangible personal property, and shall increase by an additional 20 percent of such rate for each year thereafter until such time that the exemption is equal to 100 percent. For purposes of the exemption, "motor vehicle" includes only automobiles, pickup trucks, and motorcycles. The amendment provides that the exemption is applicable on the date the motor vehicle is acquired or the effective date of the amendment, whichever is later, but is not applicable for any period of time prior to the effective date.
  
  
• HJ 462 Study; Department of Transportation; needs and capacity for expanded tractor-trailer parking near and along the I-66 and I-95 corridors; report.
  
  
• SB 750 Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty.
  
  
• SB 776 Law-enforcement officers, state and local; enforcement of federal traffic violations in Northern Va.
  
  
• SB 795 Virginia Museum of Transportation; established, report.
  
  
• SB 806 State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.
  
  
• SB 847 Improper driving as a lesser included offense of reckless driving.
  
  
• SB 852 Photo speed monitoring devices; proof of violation; retired law-enforcement officials.
  
  
• SB 858 Special license plates; Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival.
  
  
• SB 918 Driving under the influence.
  
  
• SB 947 Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses and odor of marijuana; exclusion of evidence.
  
  
• SB 959 Department of Motor Vehicles; proof of financial responsibility in the future.
  
  
• SB 1006 Driving while intoxicated; pre-conviction ignition interlock for certain offenders.
  
  
• SB 1007 Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Safety Improvements Infrastructure Fund and Program; parking facility tax.
  
  
• SB 1012 Motor vehicle collisions; collection of certain mobile telephone data; collision reports. Requires that a law-enforcement officer include on any collision report the mobile telephone number, mobile telephone provider, and International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number for any driver involved in a motor vehicle collision.
  
  
• SB 1028 Department of Motor Vehicles; work group; design and implementation of new tow truck license plate
  
  
• SB 1061 Registration decals; discontinued. Discontinues the requirement for and issuance of decals displaying the expiration month and year of motor vehicle registration to be displayed on license plates. The bill also removes the requirement for the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue appropriately designated license plates for motor vehicles held for rental. The bill does not eliminate existing requirements that vehicles are to be registered.
  
  
• SB 1075 Animal-drawn vehicles; equipment requirements.
  
  
• SB 1086 HOT lanes; high-occupancy requirement; law-enforcement vehicles.
  
  
• SB 1159 Motor vehicle insurance; underinsured motorist coverage; required notice.
  
  
• SB 1205 Reckless, aggressive, and improper driving; prohibited altered suspension system; penalties. Creates additional penalties for causing serious bodily injury to or the death of another person while recklessly, aggressively, or improperly driving a motor vehicle with certain prohibited alterations made to the vehicle's suspension system. The bill directs the court, in addition to penalties imposed under current law, to suspend the driver's license of such offender for 90 days and order the completion of 150 hours of community service for a first conviction and suspend the driver's license of such offender for one year and impose a penalty of $1,500 for any second or subsequent conviction.
  
  
• SB 1207 Lithium-ion Battery Separator Manufacturing Grant Fund.
  
  
• SB 1209 Photo speed monitoring devices; private vendors; calibration; civil penalty. Requires any private vendor that has entered into an agreement with a law-enforcement agency to provide a photo speed monitoring device and is also compensated for the calibration of such device to calibrate such device in the same manner and to the same specifications as all other devices determining speed, to the extent that such devices utilize the same method of speed detection as such photo speed monitoring device, used by such law-enforcement agency. The bill also (i) requires such a private vendor to provide, within 10 days of a request by a person receiving a summons by mail for a vehicle speed violation recorded by a photo speed monitoring device provided by such private vendor, for proof of calibration for such photo speed monitoring device; (ii) requires such a summons to provide notice of such right to request such proof of calibration; and (iii) imposes a civil penalty on any private vendor who fails to provides such proof of calibration within such time.
  
  
• SB 1225 Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund created. Creates the Electric Vehicle Rural Infrastructure Program and Fund to assist private developers with non-utility costs associated with the installation of electric vehicle charging stations (i) in certain localities, (ii) on eligible public land, as defined in the bill, or (iii) within one mile of the boundary of eligible public land. The bill provides that a private developer may apply for a grant in an amount equal to 70 percent of the private developer's non-utility costs for the installation of such public electric vehicle charging stations. The Department of Energy shall establish guidelines for the administration of the Program, including guidelines related to the application for and award of grants. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
  
  
• SB 1233 Pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems and stop sign violation monitoring systems; violation enforcement; civil penalty. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk intersection segments for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill imposes the same requirements on pedestrian crossing and stop sign violation monitoring systems as currently exist for photo speed monitoring devices and requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of such systems to, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.
  
  
• SB 1265 Department of Motor Vehicles; driver communication improvement program.
  
  
• SB 1308 Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal.
  
  
• SB 1329 Carrying concealed weapons; exception; penalty. Removes the exception to the prohibition on carrying a concealed weapon for any person who may lawfully possess a firearm and is carrying a handgun while in a personal, private motor vehicle or vessel and such handgun is secured in a container or compartment in the vehicle or vessel.
  
  
• SB 1338 Carbon-free energy or clean energy; fusion energy; definitions.
  
  
• SB 1392 Ignition interlock system; duration.
  
  
• SB 1411 Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer. Repeals provisions that prohibit a law-enforcement officer from stopping a vehicle for failing to display lighted headlights in certain circumstances. The bill also repeals provisions rendering inadmissible at any trial, hearing, or other proceeding any evidence discovered or obtained as the result of such a stop.
  
  
• SB 1416 Careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; definition. Defines "careless or distracted manner" for the purposes of the Class 1 misdemeanor of operating a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner such that such operation is the proximate cause of serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully present on the highway at the time of injury or death.
  
  
• SB 1443 Income tax; car tax credit. . Establishes a refundable income tax credit for taxable years 2025 through 2027 for a taxpayer whose federal adjusted gross income does not exceed $50,000 if filing as an individual or $100,000 if married and filing jointly in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount actually paid for tangible personal property tax to Virginia localities on qualifying vehicles, defined in the bill, or (ii) $150 for an individual or $300 for married individuals filing jointly. The bill provides that such credit shall not be allowed for such taxes paid to any locality that has, during the tax year for which such credit is claimed, imposed a tangible personal property tax rate upon qualifying vehicles at a rate that exceeds the rate imposed upon such vehicles by such locality during the 2024 tax year. Finally, the bill provides that if any provision of the bill is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall not be deemed severable.
  
  
• SB 1445 Traffic control device violation or traffic light signal violation monitoring systems; school bus video-monitoring systems; inspection of photograph, video, recording, etc., of certain violations.
  
  
• SB 1458 Display of single license plate; fee. Authorizes any owner of a passenger car that is otherwise required to display two license plates to display, upon payment of an additional annual fee of $100 at the time of vehicle registration or renewal of vehicle registration and upon receipt of proof of the payment of such fee from the Department of Motor Vehicles, a single license plate on the rear of such vehicle instead of two. The bill authorizes any law-enforcement officer to require the owner to furnish such proof of the payment of such fee. The bill directs the funds from such fees to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.
  
  
• SB 1463 Toll limits; electronic toll collection device. Limits to $200 per month the tolls charged to residents of Planning District 8 or Planning District 16 via electronic toll collection devices for the use of toll bridges, toll ferries, toll tunnels, or toll roads in Planning District 8 or Planning District 16. The bill prohibits misusing, sharing, or transferring an electronic toll collection device for the purpose of (i) generating tolls to reach the toll limit or (ii) obtaining toll-free use of toll facilities in Planning District 8 or Planning District 16.
  
  
• SB 1491 School crossing zones; institutions of higher education.
  
  
• SJ263 Study; Department of Transportation; bridge from Surry County to James City County; report. Requests the Department of Transportation to study the need and options for constructing a bridge from Hog Island in Surry County to James City County and to submit a report of its findings no later than the first day of the 2026 Regular Session of the General Assembly.