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type: "Bill"
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title: "Traffic violations, certain; dismissal for proof of compliance with law."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1276"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1276 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27867419-5fdb-4908-bf08-e8fc53142111"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1276"
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source_hash: "77c351d25db53e0be6ce99792c6bcf83d962853f652f79f51803cbb6bb9e9b39"
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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 SB 1276 (2017) — Traffic violations, certain; dismissal for proof of compliance with law.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0670)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0670)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1276ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1276ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104797D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1276S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101560D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1276)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101560D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104797D-S1
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1276S1
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (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/27867419-5fdb-4908-bf08-e8fc53142111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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