republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-114.md

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Bill	Golf carts and utility vehicles on public highways; equine events.	Authorizes the use of golf carts and utility vehicles to cross a one-lane or two-lane highway from one portion to another of a venue hosting an equine event, provided that the crossing occurs on the same day as the equine event, occurs in a temporary traffic control zone with a speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour, and is monitored and controlled by a uniformed law-enforcement officer.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 114	Virginia HB 114 (2018)	bill	Highways Bridges and Ferries Motor Vehicles Sporting Exhibitions Events and Facilities	enacted	Michael J. Webert	3	18	6	2017-12-15	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/f04079c1-6916-42fe-8be4-e8471e94b000	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB114	5bef9797d716f2be48ab0fb8739ac3e1d7034a8a33a68ca0d65bbe9318afbf0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 114 (2018) — Golf carts and utility vehicles on public highways; equine events.

Authorizes the use of golf carts and utility vehicles to cross a one-lane or two-lane highway from one portion to another of a venue hosting an equine event, provided that the crossing occurs on the same day as the equine event, occurs in a temporary traffic control zone with a speed limit of no more than 35 miles per hour, and is monitored and controlled by a uniformed law-enforcement officer.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB114ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100927D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18100927D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-15 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100927D introduction
• 2017-12-15 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-01-16 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-02 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB114E
• 2018-02-02 Printed as engrossed 18100927D-E
• 2018-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-21 Enrolled
• 2018-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f04079c1-6916-42fe-8be4-e8471e94b000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).