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Bill

Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.

Holding handheld personal communications devices whiledriving a motor vehicle. Prohibits any person from holding a handheldpersonal communications device while driving a motor vehicle. Current lawprohibits (i) the reading of any email or text message and manually enteringletters or text in such a device as a means of communicating and (ii) holding apersonal communications device while driving in a work zone. The bill expandsthe exemptions to include handheld personal communications devices that arebeing held and used (a) as an amateur radio or a citizens band radio or (b) forofficial Department of Transportation or traffic incident management services.The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This billincorporates HB 377, HB 387, HB 512, and HB 1672 and is identical to SB 160.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 874

Virginia HB 874 (2020)

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enacted

Jeffrey M. Bourne

2020-01-07

2020-03-10

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ocd-bill/eee6bc98-66fb-48d9-9674-470f76cc1f18

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB874

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 874 (2020) — Handheld personal communications devices; holding devices while driving a motor vehicle, penalty.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0250) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB874ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB874H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB874) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB874S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N) — 70–26 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 7-N) — 30–7 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N) — 71–24 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N) — 29–9 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101920D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB874)
2020-01-15 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-30 Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106899D-H1 substitution
2020-01-30 Incorporates HB512 (Bulova)
2020-01-30 Incorporates HB387 (Edmunds)
2020-01-30 Incorporates HB1672 (Ware)
2020-01-30 Incorporates HB377 (Willett)
2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20106899D-H1
2020-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB874H1
2020-02-05 Read third time and passed House (72-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-05 VOTE: Passage (72-Y 24-N)
2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-02-13 Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-02-13 Committee substitute printed 20108193D-S1 substitution
2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB874S1)
2020-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 20108193D-S1
2020-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB874S1
2020-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 7-N) passage
2020-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
2020-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 9-N) passage
2020-02-20 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-20 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108193D-S1 (71-Y 26-N)
2020-02-20 VOTE: Adoption (71-Y 26-N)
2020-02-25 Enrolled
2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB874ER)
2020-02-25 Signed by Speaker
2020-02-26 Signed by President
2020-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2020
2020-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 250 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eee6bc98-66fb-48d9-9674-470f76cc1f18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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