---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle safety inspections; certified safety inspectors."
description: "Motor vehicle safety inspections; safety inspectors. Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted by persons certified as a safety inspector by the Superintendent of State Police. Existing law requires the person conducting a vehicle safety inspection, or under whose immediate supervision such inspection is made, to have at least one year's practical experience as an automotive mechanic or have satisfactorily completed a training program in automotive mechanics approved by the Superintendent of State Police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "Virginia HB 1145 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce286671-c7b9-4823-be66-44ba1c7a290a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1145"
source_hash: "2b0e31416a301e7a425dd3f76ee5f46862180c7bbd584698cf16e6039cecae93"
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 1145 (2026) — Motor vehicle safety inspections; certified safety inspectors.

Motor vehicle safety inspections; safety inspectors. Requires motor vehicle safety inspections to be conducted by persons certified as a safety inspector by the Superintendent of State Police. Existing law requires the person conducting a vehicle safety inspection, or under whose immediate supervision such inspection is made, to have at least one year's practical experience as an automotive mechanic or have satisfactorily completed a training program in automotive mechanics approved by the Superintendent of State Police.

## 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/1088355.PDF)
2. **Department of Motor Vehicles Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1109602.PDF)
3. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128443.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179771.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102105D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26106929D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1145)
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1145ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1145)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce286671-c7b9-4823-be66-44ba1c7a290a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).