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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Delegate Hope Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
  8. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
  9. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  10. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — 173 (pass) · lower
  • House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) — 355 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — 364 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N) — 8412 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — 131 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N) — 925 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) and rereferred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — 132 (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).