republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-234.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	All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.	All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition. Authorizes the governing body of any city to provide by ordinance for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or sidewalk within such city. This bill is identical to SB 516.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 234	Virginia HB 234 (2024)	bill		enacted	Jeion A. Ward	5	36	7	2024-01-04	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/9ab4756d-2318-490c-8fb8-f787d1b2d113	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB234	574ce88850031c6a84e36af9447bc6966b1193f4222b6d4ccdf8675f089e2b80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 234 (2024) — All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.

All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition. Authorizes the governing body of any city to provide by ordinance for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or sidewalk within such city. This bill is identical to SB 516.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0436 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107821D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB234ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102062D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 24102062D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (7-Y 6-N) — 7–6 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) — 55–42 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N) — 61–37 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102062D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB234E
• 2024-02-02 Printed as engrossed 24102062D-E
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) passage
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB234E)
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation with substitute (7-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-15 Committee substitute printed 24107821D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB234S1)
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 24107821D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB234S1 substitution
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) passage
• 2024-02-22 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107821D-S1 (62-Y 37-N) substitution
• 2024-02-22 VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N)
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB234ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB234ER)
• 2024-03-01 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ab4756d-2318-490c-8fb8-f787d1b2d113. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).