---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold."
description: "Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Virginia HB 2256 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Lopes Maldonado"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e02c95-3a99-4db5-8c05-862707762b23"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2256"
source_hash: "12da4a888954d2bba4f6509aee066efd12db195608808303c5a474a95db402ad"
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 2256 (2025) — Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold.

Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015735.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072935.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054981.PDF)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036738.PDF)
5. **HTRAN Sub: Highway Safety and Policy Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033897.HTML)
6. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036295.HTML)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068636.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — **24–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101543D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25101543D-E
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2256)
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25106974D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-19** Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-20** Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2256)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e02c95-3a99-4db5-8c05-862707762b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).