HB 936 VA

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Enforcement of parking violations; certain counties; pilot program. Allows counties operating under the county manager plan of government to use authorized equipment, defined in the bill, to enforce such county's parking ordinances and regulations and to issue a parking ticket for a violation of such a parking ordinance or regulation by mail. The bill provides that a certificate, or a facsimile thereof, sworn to or affirmed by an employee of the authorized county, based upon inspection of information collected by authorized equipment, is prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and that such prima facie evidence of a violation of a parking ordinance or regulation, together with proof that the defendant was at the time of such violation the owner, lessee, or renter of the vehicle, constitutes a rebuttable presumption in the prosecution of such violation. The bill provides procedures for the use of authorized equipment, including requirements for data retention and the use of collected information. The bill requires any county using authorized equipment to conduct a public awareness campaign prior to or upon implementation of such use. The bill also authorizes such counties to contract with private vendors for the operation of authorized equipment. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

• Alfonso H. Lopez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105205D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) · lower
4. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N 1-A) · lower
6. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 6-N) · lower
7. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107165D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (48-Y 37-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
16. Feb 26, 2026 Failed to report from Transportation with substitute (6-Y 7-N) · upper
17. Feb 27, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper

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.

• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML