---
type: "Bill"
title: "Outdoor advertising in sight of public highways; reduces license fee."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 33.2-1204, 33.2-1214, and 33.2-1215 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 33.2-1205, 33.2-1206, and 33.2-1207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to outdoor advertising in sight of public highways; license fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2254"
citation: "Virginia HB 2254 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8012b91b-e0a4-475a-b85c-a5a4428b5df7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2254"
source_hash: "db617fb7f930584370f6cc2d4464cdb559001dce69bf9703ffe5d92908883107"
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 2254 (2025) — Outdoor advertising in sight of public highways; reduces license fee.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 33.2-1204, 33.2-1214, and 33.2-1215 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 33.2-1205, 33.2-1206, and 33.2-1207 of the Code of Virginia, relating to outdoor advertising in sight of public highways; license fees.

## 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/1015732.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071694.PDF)
3. **Transportation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032766.PDF)
4. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036280.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061403.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104547D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2254)
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Trans sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106323D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **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 (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2254)
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2254ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2254)
- **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`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 167 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0167)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8012b91b-e0a4-475a-b85c-a5a4428b5df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).