republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1440.md

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Bill	Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.	Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1440	Virginia HB 1440 (2017)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Highways Bridges and Ferries Motor Vehicles	enacted	Richard P. Bell	5	23	6	2016-11-23	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1440	0d969571466c2f6b4b8f18a0eea7fd2eb550120dc5ad71222fd8d7993c990685	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1440 (2017) — Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.

Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1440ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 11–9 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 10–2 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 54–44 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 35–5 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard P. Bell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D introduction
• 2016-11-23 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)
• 2017-01-23 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-24 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-26 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-27 Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Substitute by Delegate Richard P. Bell agreed to 17104849D-H2
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1440H2
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).