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Bill	Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones.	Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones. Requires photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images, or documentation, produced by a photo speed monitoring device placed in a school crossing zone to depict or confirm a portable sign or tilt-over sign that is in position or blinking sign that is activated, indicating the school crossing zone, at the time of such vehicle speed violation in order for a sworn certificate to be considered prima facie evidence for purposes of enforcing vehicle speed violations.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2718	Virginia HB 2718 (2025)	bill		enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	7	39	11	2025-01-17	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ca095db9-ebbd-413f-b724-440f292b1cb1	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2718	f13351a4cbd2b3d1e6c68dede46748b613f21ca6db9b4f56337ba839430e0df1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2718 (2025) — Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones.

Photo speed monitoring devices; school crossing zones. Requires photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images, or documentation, produced by a photo speed monitoring device placed in a school crossing zone to depict or confirm a portable sign or tilt-over sign that is in position or blinking sign that is activated, indicating the school crossing zone, at the time of such vehicle speed violation in order for a sworn certificate to be considered prima facie evidence for purposes of enforcing vehicle speed violations.

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. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
4. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 4-N) — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N) — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 25104414D introduction
• 2025-01-17 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Assigned Trans sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) referral-committee
• 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 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 amendment waived
• 2025-02-19 Transportation Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendment (36-Y 4-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 2-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2718ER) passage
• 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
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (34-Y 5-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB2718ER2) 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 670 (Effective 07/01/25) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca095db9-ebbd-413f-b724-440f292b1cb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).