HB 994 VA

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Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. Authorizes the governing body of any locality to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of a photo speed monitoring device by a law-enforcement agency in a safety red zone, defined in the bill, for the purpose of recording vehicle speed violations in such safety red zone. The bill 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 directs the Commissioner of Highways to develop criteria for designating a highway segment as a high-risk pedestrian corridor for purposes of identifying safety red zones.The bill contains delayed effective dates for certain provisions.

• Holly M. Seibold Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105154D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
3. Jan 22, 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 (7-Y 3-N) · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 7-N) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107622D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Seibold Amendment · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Delegate Seibold 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 (59-Y 38-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 (HB994) · lower
18. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108722D-S1 · upper
22. Mar 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
23. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N) · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109546D-S2 · upper
25. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
26. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
28. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
29. Mar 11, 2026 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) · upper
30. Mar 11, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
31. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N 0-A) · upper
33. Mar 11, 2026 Reconsideration of Defeated action by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
35. Mar 12, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N 0-A) · lower
36. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 12, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
38. Mar 12, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
39. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
40. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Seibold, Simon, Phillips · lower
41. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
42. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Jones, Diggs · upper
43. Mar 12, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute · upper
44. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
45. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A) · upper
46. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
47. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
48. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB994ER) · lower
49. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
50. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
51. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
52. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
53. Apr 7, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB994) · lower
54. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 968 (effective 7/1/2026) · 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.

• 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 Seibold Amendment · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML