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| Bill | Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty. | Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty. Authorizes law-enforcement agencies and localities to operate photo speed monitoring devices, defined in the bill, in or around school crossing zones and highway work zones for the purpose of recording images of vehicles that are traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted school crossing zone or highway work zone speed limit within such school crossing zone or highway work zone when such highway work zone is indicated by conspicuously placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and that such photo speed monitoring devices are used in the area. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed $125, if such vehicle is found to be traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone or school crossing zone speed limit by the photo speed monitoring device. The bill provides that if the summons for a violation is issued by mail, the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency, but if the violation is personally issued by an officer at the time of the violation, such violation shall be part of the driver's record and used for insurance purposes. The bill provides that the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred if the summons is issued by a local law-enforcement officer and paid to the Department of State Police if the summons is issued by a law-enforcement officer employed by the Department of State Police. This bill incorporates HB 621 and HB1721. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1442 | Virginia HB 1442 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1442 (2020) — Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty.
Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty. Authorizes law-enforcement agencies and localities to operate photo speed monitoring devices, defined in the bill, in or around school crossing zones and highway work zones for the purpose of recording images of vehicles that are traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted school crossing zone or highway work zone speed limit within such school crossing zone or highway work zone when such highway work zone is indicated by conspicuously placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and that such photo speed monitoring devices are used in the area. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed $125, if such vehicle is found to be traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone or school crossing zone speed limit by the photo speed monitoring device. The bill provides that if the summons for a violation is issued by mail, the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency, but if the violation is personally issued by an officer at the time of the violation, such violation shall be part of the driver's record and used for insurance purposes. The bill provides that the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred if the summons is issued by a local law-enforcement officer and paid to the Department of State Police if the summons is issued by a law-enforcement officer employed by the Department of State Police. This bill incorporates HB 621 and HB1721.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1232) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1442ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1442H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1442H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1442S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB1442ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 6-N) — 10–6 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) — 52–44 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) — 47–44 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 43-N) — 48–43 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102488D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 2020-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-30 Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20107126D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-30 Incorporates HB1721 (Hurst)
- 2020-01-30 Incorporates HB621 (Willett)
- 2020-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20107126D-H1
- 2020-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1442H1
- 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 44-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-05 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1442H1)
- 2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-20 Committee substitute printed 20108777D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-20 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (49-Y 43-N)
- 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108777D-S1
- 2020-02-26 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-02-26 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1442S1
- 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (23-Y 17-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Senate substitute with amendments agreed to by House 20108777D-S1 (49-Y 43-N)
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1442ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1442ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1232 (effective 7/1/20)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/942b6520-d60d-4ee2-89bb-2735c0ad2ea8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).