republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1276.md

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Bill	Traffic violations, certain; dismissal for proof of compliance with law.	Provides that a court may, in its discretion, dismiss a violation for failure to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of change of address, for failure to register, title, or properly display license plates, for failure to pay local licensing fees or taxes, for failure to have certain safety equipment or having unsafe or defective equipment, or for improper tinting, if such a person can prove to the court compliance with the law on or before the court date and payment of court fees.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1276	Virginia SB 1276 (2017)	bill	Courts Not of Record Motor Vehicles	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	4	19	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/27867419-5fdb-4908-bf08-e8fc53142111	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1276	77c351d25db53e0be6ce99792c6bcf83d962853f652f79f51803cbb6bb9e9b39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1276 (2017) — Traffic violations, certain; dismissal for proof of compliance with law.

Provides that a court may, in its discretion, dismiss a violation for failure to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of change of address, for failure to register, title, or properly display license plates, for failure to pay local licensing fees or taxes, for failure to have certain safety equipment or having unsafe or defective equipment, or for improper tinting, if such a person can prove to the court compliance with the law on or before the court date and payment of court fees.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1276ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104797D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101560D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101560D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104797D-S1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1276S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27867419-5fdb-4908-bf08-e8fc53142111. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).