republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-632.md

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Bill	Exhaust systems; regulation of noise from vehicle on a highway, etc.	Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Prohibitsany individual from operating a motor vehicle with a gross weightof 6,500 pounds or less with an exhaust system that emits noise in excess of 85 decibels. The bill also allows the governing body ofany county, city, or town located within the Northern Virginia Planning District or Richmond Regional Planning District to provide by ordinancethat no person shall operate any motor vehicle on a highway or onpublic or private property within 500 feet of any residential districtunless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system of atype installed as standard equipment, or comparable to that designedfor use on that particular vehicle or device as standard factoryequipment, in good working order and in constant operation to preventexcessive noise.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 632	Virginia HB 632 (2022)	bill		enacted	Betsy B. Carr	6	49	10	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/68bdfa52-d3d9-4698-8c8a-d304e4a8c62d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB632	60ef5ab4bd3edcaf953a7addc3a731bffaa2996098be03641653bcbf9d82862d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 632 (2022) — Exhaust systems; regulation of noise from vehicle on a highway, etc.

Exhaust systems; excessive noise. Prohibitsany individual from operating a motor vehicle with a gross weightof 6,500 pounds or less with an exhaust system that emits noise in excess of 85 decibels. The bill also allows the governing body ofany county, city, or town located within the Northern Virginia Planning District or Richmond Regional Planning District to provide by ordinancethat no person shall operate any motor vehicle on a highway or onpublic or private property within 500 feet of any residential districtunless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system of atype installed as standard equipment, or comparable to that designedfor use on that particular vehicle or device as standard factoryequipment, in good working order and in constant operation to preventexcessive noise.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0490 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105730D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22107439D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 22107726D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB632ER (committee substitute) — source
6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100082D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N) — 28–11 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N) — 70–28 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 18-N) — 78–18 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (1-Y 97-N) — 1–96 (fail) · lower
• Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100082D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB632)
• 2022-01-24 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 Innovations (Ad Hoc) referral-committee
• 2022-02-03 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22105730D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB632H1)
• 2022-02-10 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 22105730D-H1
• 2022-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB632H1
• 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed House (71-Y 28-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-14 VOTE: Passage (71-Y 28-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Committee substitute printed 22107439D-S1 substitution
• 2022-03-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB632S1)
• 2022-03-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-03-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22107439D-S1
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB632S1
• 2022-03-08 Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Senate substitute rejected by House 22107439D-S1 (1-Y 97-N)
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (1-Y 97-N)
• 2022-03-10 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Senate requested conference committee
• 2022-03-10 House acceded to request
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-11 Conference substitute printed 22107726D-H2
• 2022-03-11 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (79-Y 18-N)
• 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 18-N)
• 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N)
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB632H2)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB632ER)
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 490 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68bdfa52-d3d9-4698-8c8a-d304e4a8c62d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).