---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parking of vehicles; electric vehicle charging spaces, signage for penalty, civil penalties."
description: "Parking of vehicles; electric vehicle chargingspots; civil penalties. Prohibits a person from parking a vehiclenot capable of receiving an electric charge in a space reserved forcharging electric vehicles. A violation is subject to a civil penaltyof not less than $100 nor more than $250, and the vehicle may betowed or impounded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 450"
citation: "Virginia HB 450 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d34d4041-775d-433e-b463-ae6b2ed926a6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB450"
source_hash: "45ed61880393fe4bd80c40334d5a33cee6c5f14fa2aa1d794141867f25771317"
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 450 (2022) — Parking of vehicles; electric vehicle charging spaces, signage for penalty, civil penalties.

Parking of vehicles; electric vehicle chargingspots; civil penalties. Prohibits a person from parking a vehiclenot capable of receiving an electric charge in a space reserved forcharging electric vehicles. A violation is subject to a civil penaltyof not less than $100 nor more than $250, and the vehicle may betowed or impounded.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0758** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0758)
2. **Floor substitute printed 22106860D-S1 (Ebbin)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB450S1)
3. **HB450ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB450ER)
4. **HB450ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB450ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102584D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB450)
6. **Printed as engrossed 22102584D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB450E)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N 1-A) — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N) — **72–24** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **28–12** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102584D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB450)
- **2022-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-25** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB450E
- **2022-01-28** Printed as engrossed 22102584D-E
- **2022-01-31** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** VOTE: Passage (73-Y 24-N)
- **2022-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB450E)
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Floor substitute printed 22106860D-S1 (Ebbin)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed by for the day
- **2022-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Substitute by Senator Ebbin withdrawn 22106860D-S1
- **2022-02-23** Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB450ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (76-Y 23-N 1-A)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 23-N 1-A)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB450ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 758 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d34d4041-775d-433e-b463-ae6b2ed926a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).