---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highway use fee; exemptions, low-speed vehicles."
description: "Highway use fee; exemptions, low-speed vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 865"
citation: "Virginia SB 865 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cosgrove"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-02"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a741e251-93c0-4d2c-874a-cc1a363d9f9d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB865"
source_hash: "6c5b63b0a706b6338b6accf1f9066323277cf7776aa1c30fa243b50d0221a59c"
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 865 (2023) — Highway use fee; exemptions, low-speed vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0548** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0548)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102760D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB865)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102760D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB865E)
4. **SB865ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB865ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cosgrove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102760D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB865)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB865E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23102760D-E
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB865E)
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB865ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB865ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 548 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a741e251-93c0-4d2c-874a-cc1a363d9f9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).