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HB 1220 VA
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Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Apr 13, 2026) Approved by Governor-Chapter 964 (effective 7/1/2026)

Summary

Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. Directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and requires summonses issued for such vehicle speed violations to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of photo speed monitoring devices, including the use of funds from collected civil penalties, signage, data retention and storage, photo speed monitoring device calibration, making certain information available to the public, requirements for private vendors, and reporting. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of requirements and provides that for any summons issued, failure to comply with the requirements for the operation of photo speed monitoring devices renders such summons invalid. The bill also limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill, and provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the vehicle speed violation.The bill contains delayed effective dates for certain provisions.

Sponsor (1)

2 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (52)

  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104500D · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
  3. Jan 29, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) · lower
  4. Feb 10, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
  6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 8-N) · lower
  7. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107545D-H1 · lower
  8. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
  9. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Delaney Amendment · lower
  10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
  11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
  12. Feb 16, 2026 Delegate Delaney Floor amendment agreed to · lower
  13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended · lower
  14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 29-N 0-A) · lower
  15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
  17. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1220) · lower
  18. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  19. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) · upper
  20. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108625D-S1 · upper
  21. Mar 6, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) · upper
  22. Mar 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109377D-S2 · upper
  23. Mar 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  24. Mar 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  25. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
  26. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
  27. Mar 10, 2026 Transportation Substitute rejected · upper
  28. Mar 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
  29. Mar 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
  30. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 12-N 0-A) · upper
  31. Mar 10, 2026 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  32. Mar 10, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 14-N 0-A) · upper
  33. Mar 11, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 98-N 0-A) · lower
  34. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  35. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
  36. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
  37. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
  38. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Delaney, McQuinn, Wiley · lower
  39. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
  40. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Bagby, Peake · upper
  41. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
  42. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) · upper
  43. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (70-Y 25-N 0-A) · lower
  44. Mar 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1220) · lower
  45. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
  46. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1220ER) · lower
  47. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
  48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
  49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
  50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
  51. Apr 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1220) · lower
  52. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 964 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

Text versions (22)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Conference Report · HTML
  • Conference Report Substitute · PDF
  • Conference Report Substitute · HTML
  • Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
  • Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
  • Transportation Substitute · PDF
  • Transportation Substitute · HTML
  • Transportation Substitute · PDF
  • Transportation Substitute · HTML
  • Transportation Substitute · PDF
  • Transportation Substitute · HTML
  • Transportation Substitute · PDF
  • Transportation Substitute · HTML
  • Delegate Delaney Amendment · HTML
  • Engrossed · HTML
  • Engrossed · PDF
  • Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
  • Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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