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type: "Bill"
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title: "Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1440"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1440 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-11-23"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1440"
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source_hash: "0d969571466c2f6b4b8f18a0eea7fd2eb550120dc5ad71222fd8d7993c990685"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1440 (2017) — Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0204)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1440ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440ER)
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3. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H1)
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4. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H2)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **11–9** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **54–44** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-11-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D `introduction`
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- **2016-11-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-23** Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)
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- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-26** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-01-27** Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)
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- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-27** Substitute by Delegate Richard P. Bell agreed to 17104849D-H2
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- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1440H2
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- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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