republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1526.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities.	Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits for an electric utility's operation of vehicles used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of electrical facilities and infrastructure.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1526	Virginia HB 1526 (2024)	bill		enacted	Briana D. Sewell	4	28	6	2024-01-19	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/b1f443b2-e7e2-4374-aa50-ba18d2995202	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1526	3b3af69fff780cb332cb6b65c13e20753f5ab0a60f8dae7065a9124e79164797	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1526 (2024) — Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities.

Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits for an electric utility's operation of vehicles used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of electrical facilities and infrastructure.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0227 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106533D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1526ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105835D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105835D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106533D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106533D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1526H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1526ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1526ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1f443b2-e7e2-4374-aa50-ba18d2995202. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).