---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, Commissioner of; report on operation of overweight trucks on highways."
description: "Requires the Commissioner of Highways to report annually by December 1 to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commonwealth Transportation Board regarding overweight trucks. The bill expires on January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2800"
citation: "Virginia HB 2800 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Motor Carriers", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaadd30b-3e01-46e2-814d-57a2b6f40872"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2800"
source_hash: "72c15b65d3933aa403e34b268fc5988adfc06466a6b6d35877cf4c934f5f2775"
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 2800 (2019) — Highways, Commissioner of; report on operation of overweight trucks on highways.

Requires the Commissioner of Highways to report annually by December 1 to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the Commonwealth Transportation Board regarding overweight trucks. The bill expires on January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0401)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2800AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2800)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2800ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2800ER)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19105145D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2800)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19105145D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2800E)
7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2800ASE)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 19105145D `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Assigned App. sub: Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2800E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19105145D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaadd30b-3e01-46e2-814d-57a2b6f40872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).