---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle safety inspection; Superintendent shall provide information upon written request."
description: "Authorizes the Superintendent of State Police to provide, upon request, verification of the inspection status of a vehicle and to charge a reasonable fee for providing such information. Fees shall not be charged to government or other public entities. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1250"
citation: "Virginia SB 1250 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/008d17af-644e-4dea-a6cf-b7193c6a7b68"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1250"
source_hash: "b1383a28e71dc36bce38ec3385341ab72e4e7b868a0c06c1975897164cd4eaa2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1250 (2017) — Motor vehicle safety inspection; Superintendent shall provide information upon written request.

Authorizes the Superintendent of State Police to provide, upon request, verification of the inspection status of a vehicle and to charge a reasonable fee for providing such information. Fees shall not be charged to government or other public entities. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0332)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1250ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1250ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103924D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1250)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103924D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-13** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/008d17af-644e-4dea-a6cf-b7193c6a7b68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).