---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles, certain; use of handheld personal communication devices."
description: "Motor vehicles, certain; use of handheld personal communication devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2014"
citation: "Virginia HB 2014 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, L.R."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2603facb-dffd-4c62-afb1-257d01804332"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2014"
source_hash: "928f5f24334c033638347e37e401e88e51bf2bcf07e91314b28af0bf1f93ed4c"
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 HB 2014 (2023) — Motor vehicles, certain; use of handheld personal communication devices.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0557** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0557)
2. **HB2014ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2014ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101587D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2014)

## Votes

- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, L.R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101587D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2014)
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2014ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2014ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 557 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2603facb-dffd-4c62-afb1-257d01804332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).