HB 649 VA

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Removal of certain signs and advertisements within the limits of highways; agreements with local governing bodies in Planning District 23; requirements. Requires any agreement entered into by the Commissioner of Highways with a local governing body of a locality within Planning District 23 with a population between 245,000 and 350,000 and that has a tax increment financing district authorizing the removal of signs and advertisements within the limits of a highway to provide that the locality shall only authorize designated employees of the locality acting in their official capacity and contractors employed by the locality to remove such signs or advertisements and shall not authorize volunteers to act on behalf of such locality for the removal of signs or advertisements.

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105136D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding · lower
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649) · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 2-N 1-A) · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 House committee offered · lower
8. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 2-N) · lower
9. Jan 29, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106582D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 2, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 3, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
12. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649) · lower
13. Feb 4, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Hayes Amendments · lower
14. Feb 4, 2026 Passed by temporarily · lower
15. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time · lower
16. Feb 4, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
17. Feb 4, 2026 Delegate Hayes Floor amendments agreed to · lower
18. Feb 4, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended · lower
19. Feb 5, 2026 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A) · lower
20. Feb 6, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
21. Feb 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
22. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
23. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108482D-S1 · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 2, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
28. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 3, 2026 Transportation Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 3, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 3, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 5, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 7-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 12, 2026 Enrolled · lower
34. Mar 12, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB649ER) · lower
35. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649) · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
37. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by President · upper
38. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
39. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
40. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
41. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · 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 Hayes Amendments · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Transportation Infrastructure and Funding Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML