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SB 670 VA
Passed One Chamber

Fully autonomous vehicles; commercial use, civil penalty.

VA · session 2027 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

This bill would establish a new regulatory framework in Virginia law for the commercial use of fully autonomous vehicles. The bill would add a new chapter to the vehicle code with twelve sections establishing requirements, operating standards, or approval processes for autonomous vehicle commercial operations. The bill would establish civil penalties for violations of the autonomous vehicle regulations. The specific requirements and procedures for commercial autonomous vehicle use would be defined in the new code sections.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 46.2 a chapter numbered 14.2, consisting of sections numbered 46.2-1419 through 46.2-1430, relating to commercial use of fully autonomous vehicles.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (37)
  1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104873D · upper
  2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
  3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/20/2026 4:39 pm) · upper
  4. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
  5. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Transportation with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A) · upper
  6. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
  7. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106777D-S1 · upper
  8. Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  9. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  10. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  11. Feb 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:49 pm) · upper
  12. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
  13. Feb 6, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
  14. Feb 9, 2026 Floor offered Senator Salim Substitute · upper
  15. Feb 9, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26107521D-S2 (Salim) · upper
  16. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · upper
  17. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
  18. Feb 10, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26107615D-S3 (Salim) · upper
  19. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · upper
  20. Feb 10, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
  21. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · upper
  22. Feb 11, 2026 Committee amendments rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
  23. Feb 11, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute rejected · upper
  24. Feb 11, 2026 Substitute #1 by Senator Salim withdrawn · upper
  25. Feb 11, 2026 Reading of substitute #2 waived (Voice Vote) · upper
  26. Feb 11, 2026 Substitute #2 by Senator Salim agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
  27. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
  28. Feb 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB670) · upper
  29. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 4-N 0-A) · upper
  30. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
  31. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
  32. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
  33. Feb 20, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) · lower
  34. Mar 3, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
  35. Mar 5, 2026 Continued to next session in Transportation (Voice Vote) · lower
  36. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/9/2026 10:38 am) · upper
  37. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · lower

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