republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1711.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle registration, licensing, and certificates of title statutes; reorganization, etc.	Moves the criminal offenses related to registration, licensing, and certificates of title included within § 46.2-613 to § 46.2-612. The bill reorganizes these statutes so that § 46.2-612 contains only criminal offenses and § 46.2-613 contains only traffic infractions. The bill removes the authority of the court to dismiss a summons for a criminal offense related to the registration, licensing, and certificates of title when proof of compliance with the law is provided to the court on or before the court date. The bill otherwise retains the elements of and penalties for the offenses and infractions. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1711	Virginia HB 1711 (2019)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Motor Vehicles	enacted	Charniele L. Herring	3	15	6	2018-12-14	2019-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/d5339944-7a97-4176-988c-a08d5db6745c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1711	2422cf785ee664d1edc39e5c27fc289d534a8401310c3f9dfa4a82c96ff20731	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1711 (2019) — Motor vehicle registration, licensing, and certificates of title statutes; reorganization, etc.

Moves the criminal offenses related to registration, licensing, and certificates of title included within § 46.2-613 to § 46.2-612. The bill reorganizes these statutes so that § 46.2-612 contains only criminal offenses and § 46.2-613 contains only traffic infractions. The bill removes the authority of the court to dismiss a summons for a criminal offense related to the registration, licensing, and certificates of title when proof of compliance with the law is provided to the court on or before the court date. The bill otherwise retains the elements of and penalties for the offenses and infractions. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts and is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0071) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1711ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101087D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101087D introduction
• 2018-12-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-13 Enrolled
• 2019-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-14 Signed by President
• 2019-02-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
• 2019-02-15 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 71 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5339944-7a97-4176-988c-a08d5db6745c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).