---
type: "Bill"
title: "Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones."
description: "Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones. Requires photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images, or documentation, produced by a photo speed monitoring device placed in a school crossing zone to depict or confirm a portable sign or tilt-over sign that is in position or blinking sign that is activated, indicating the school crossing zone, at the time of such vehicle speed violation in order for a sworn certificate to be considered prima facie evidence for purposes of enforcing vehicle speed violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2718"
citation: "Virginia HB 2718 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James A. \"Jay\" Leftwich"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca095db9-ebbd-413f-b724-440f292b1cb1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2718"
source_hash: "f13351a4cbd2b3d1e6c68dede46748b613f21ca6db9b4f56337ba839430e0df1"
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 2718 (2025) — Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones.

Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones. Requires photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images, or documentation, produced by a photo speed monitoring device placed in a school crossing zone to depict or confirm a portable sign or tilt-over sign that is in position or blinking sign that is activated, indicating the school crossing zone, at the time of such vehicle speed violation in order for a sworn certificate to be considered prima facie evidence for purposes of enforcing vehicle speed violations.

## 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/1022170.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079299.PDF)
3. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073532.HTML)
4. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074942.PDF)
5. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062605.HTML)
6. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053491.HTML)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067640.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 4-N) — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 5-N) — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N) — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25104414D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Trans sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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 on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendment waived
- **2025-02-19** Transportation Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2718ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 5-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2718ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 670 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca095db9-ebbd-413f-b724-440f292b1cb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).