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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 498"
citation: "Virginia HB 498 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb723537-2d5a-43ef-bea8-a5a1e7cb7a94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB498"
source_hash: "f1fc002c21e61ff82e4626049868314c7c4fce22b09c770f79efb84d1baf88ad"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# 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.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084666.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216757.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179669.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **130** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **370** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **971** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **980** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb723537-2d5a-43ef-bea8-a5a1e7cb7a94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).