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type: "Bill"
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title: "Regulation of taxicabs."
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description: "Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town that regulates taxicabs may authorize any taxicab to operate software-based devices that utilize GPS or other measurement data in the calculation of time-and-distance fares, notwithstanding the requirements for the specifications and tolerances for measuring and weighing devices. The bill repeals the requirement that all taxicabs display roof signs and specific markings. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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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 1761"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1761 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Emergency Legislation", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard L. Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8464ab0-da81-4be5-a6be-6fd47d44256a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1761"
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source_hash: "0fa005e09d3e83dc2e86c53965889472555bc139c91517fd9cf5b8fe143dfb01"
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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 1761 (2017) — Regulation of taxicabs.
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Provides that the governing body of any county, city, or town that regulates taxicabs may authorize any taxicab to operate software-based devices that utilize GPS or other measurement data in the calculation of time-and-distance fares, notwithstanding the requirements for the specifications and tolerances for measuring and weighing devices. The bill repeals the requirement that all taxicabs display roof signs and specific markings. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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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 (CHAP0528)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0528)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1761ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1761ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103625D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1761)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103625D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1761E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Richard L. Anderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103625D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-26** Passed by temporarily
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- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB1761E
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- **2017-01-26** Printed as engrossed 17103625D-E
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- **2017-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-13** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
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- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 528 (effective 3/16/17) `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/f8464ab0-da81-4be5-a6be-6fd47d44256a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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