---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic control device violation monitoring systems; localities in Hampton Roads may establish."
description: "Traffic control device violation monitoring systems; localities in Hampton Roads may establish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 861"
citation: "Virginia SB 861 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Locke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b93862f-822e-4f77-853c-bd214b7be032"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB861"
source_hash: "d47f4e55ea423daf2ffef846d0100cb10b031992afb12d742c120f00e7d98d2b"
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 SB 861 (2023) — Traffic control device violation monitoring systems; localities in Hampton Roads may establish.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0738** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0738)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104826D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB861S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106823D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB861H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102455D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB861)
5. **SB861ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB861ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102455D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB861)
- **2023-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23104826D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB861S1)
- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 23104826D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB861S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106823D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106823D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB861H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB861H1)
- **2023-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Title replaced 23106823D-H1
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N) `substitution`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB861ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB861ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 738 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b93862f-822e-4f77-853c-bd214b7be032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).