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Bill Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold. Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2256 Virginia HB 2256 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2256 (2025) — Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold.

Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. HTRAN Sub: Highway Safety and Policy Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  6. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 96 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — 2415 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101543D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
  • 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Transportation Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25101543D-E
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2256)
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-17 Committee substitute printed 25106974D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 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 Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-20 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
  • 2025-02-20 Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2256)
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04e02c95-3a99-4db5-8c05-862707762b23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).