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Virginia HB 578 (2020) — Smoking; illegal in motor vehicle when a minor under the age of 15 is present.

Smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present. Expands the group in the presence of whom it is illegal to smoke in a motor vehicle from minors under the age of eight to minors under the age of 15.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0972) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB578ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB578) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — 57–39 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 6-N) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N) — 51–43 (pass) · lower
Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 9-N) — 6–9 (fail) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100081D introduction
2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
2020-02-06 Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB578)
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-02-20 Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 9-N)
2020-02-27 Reconsiderd by Transportation
2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-03 Reading of amendments waived
2020-03-03 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-03-03 Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N) passage
2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-04 Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 43-N)
2020-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
2020-03-07 Enrolled
2020-03-07 Signed by President
2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB578ER)
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
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 972 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60efdfaf-703f-4f80-bc9c-ecdf5f9bf867. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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