---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parking enforcement; high tourism localities."
description: "Parking enforcement; issuance of a summons or parking ticket. Removes the population requirement for a locality to be authorized to, by ordinance, authorize law-enforcement officers, other uniformed employees of the locality, and uniformed personnel serving under contract with the locality to issue a summons or parking ticket for a violation of an ordinance regulating the parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles. Existing law grants such authority to localities having a population of at least 40,000. This bill is identical to SB 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 783"
citation: "Virginia HB 783 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica L. Anderson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52c99d6-908e-47ca-96b4-43cdf7686c4e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB783"
source_hash: "ff752dc0db941a9d709ba9387dbeb9ee08679cb82435b392acab6d857d87592f"
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 783 (2026) — Parking enforcement; high tourism localities.

Parking enforcement; issuance of a summons or parking ticket. Removes the population requirement for a locality to be authorized to, by ordinance, authorize law-enforcement officers, other uniformed employees of the locality, and uniformed personnel serving under contract with the locality to issue a summons or parking ticket for a violation of an ordinance regulating the parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles. Existing law grants such authority to localities having a population of at least 40,000. This bill is identical to SB 67.

## 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/1085878.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221772.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113401.PDF)
4. **Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100509.HTML)
5. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1109233.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179677.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102734D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (77-Y 21-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB783ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **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 665 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c52c99d6-908e-47ca-96b4-43cdf7686c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).