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| Bill | Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers. | Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers. Authorizes the enforcement of motor carrier violations of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations at locations other than permanent weighing stations and clarifies that law-enforcement officers, in addition to size and weight compliance agents, may enforce such provisions. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 498 | Virginia HB 498 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 498 (2026) — Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers.
Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers. Authorizes the enforcement of motor carrier violations of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations at locations other than permanent weighing stations and clarifies that law-enforcement officers, in addition to size and weight compliance agents, may enforce such provisions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101542D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB498)
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB498ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB498)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb723537-2d5a-43ef-bea8-a5a1e7cb7a94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).