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| Bill | Helmets; wearing whenever riding/carried on skateboard or scooter or nonmotorized scooter. | Helmets; local authority. Permits localities to adopt ordinances requiring children 14 years of age or younger to wear protective helmets whenever riding or being carried on a motorized skateboard or scooter or a nonmotorized scooter. Current law authorizes localities to adopt such ordinances for riders of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, toy vehicles, and electric power-assisted bicycles. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 343 | Virginia HB 343 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 343 (2026) — Helmets; wearing whenever riding/carried on skateboard or scooter or nonmotorized scooter.
Helmets; local authority. Permits localities to adopt ordinances requiring children 14 years of age or younger to wear protective helmets whenever riding or being carried on a motorized skateboard or scooter or a nonmotorized scooter. Current law authorizes localities to adopt such ordinances for riders of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, toy vehicles, and electric power-assisted bicycles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- S VOTE: — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- S VOTE: — 8–3 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 75–22 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 8–4 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100504D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 22-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation (8-Y 4-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Senate committee offered
- 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB343ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52281f51-d8ad-40be-947f-b47d454ce611. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).