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| Bill | Reckless driving; definition of "exhibition driving," penalties. | Reckless driving; exhibition driving; penalties; emergency. Expands reckless driving to include exhibition driving, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits (i) slowing or stopping traffic for a race or exhibition driving, (ii) riding as a passenger on the hood or roof of a motor vehicle during a race or exhibition driving, or (iii) aiding or abetting exhibition driving. The bill establishes penalties for violations and establishes a process for impounding or immobilizing motor vehicles driven by persons arrested for exhibition driving. The bill contains an emergency clause. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2036 | Virginia HB 2036 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2036 (2025) — Reckless driving; definition of "exhibition driving," penalties.
Reckless driving; exhibition driving; penalties; emergency. Expands reckless driving to include exhibition driving, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits (i) slowing or stopping traffic for a race or exhibition driving, (ii) riding as a passenger on the hood or roof of a motor vehicle during a race or exhibition driving, or (iii) aiding or abetting exhibition driving. The bill establishes penalties for violations and establishes a process for impounding or immobilizing motor vehicles driven by persons arrested for exhibition driving. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Delegate Hope Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — 17–3 (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) — 35–5 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N) — 84–12 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N) — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) and rereferred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104526D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- 2025-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-16 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2025-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2025-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Committee substitute printed 25106587D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Floor substitute printed 25106702D-H2 (Hope)
- 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Transportation Amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2025-02-03 Transportation Amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- 2025-02-03 Delegate Hope Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- 2025-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-12 Committee substitute printed 25107359D-S1
substitution - 2025-02-13 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- 2025-02-14 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-19 Reading of substitute waived
- 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N)
passage - 2025-02-20 Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N)
substitution - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2036ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB2036H3)
- 2025-03-31 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
- 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2025-04-02 Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- 2025-04-02 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB2036ER2)
enrolled - 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 648 (Effective 04/02/25)
became-law - 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9943740f-40a5-4051-94aa-aa5be29be79e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).