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| Bill | Removal of certain signs & advertisements within limits of hways.; agreements with local government. | Removal of certain signs and advertisements within the limits of highways; agreements with local governing bodies in Planning District 23; requirements. Requires any agreement entered into by the Commissioner of Highways with a local governing body of a locality within Planning District 23 with a population between 245,000 and 350,000 and that has a tax increment financing district authorizing the removal of signs and advertisements within the limits of a highway to provide that the locality shall only authorize designated employees of the locality acting in their official capacity and contractors employed by the locality to remove such signs or advertisements and shall not authorize volunteers to act on behalf of such locality for the removal of signs or advertisements. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 649 | Virginia HB 649 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 649 (2026) — Removal of certain signs & advertisements within limits of hways.; agreements with local government.
Removal of certain signs and advertisements within the limits of highways; agreements with local governing bodies in Planning District 23; requirements. Requires any agreement entered into by the Commissioner of Highways with a local governing body of a locality within Planning District 23 with a population between 245,000 and 350,000 and that has a tax increment financing district authorizing the removal of signs and advertisements within the limits of a highway to provide that the locality shall only authorize designated employees of the locality acting in their official capacity and contractors employed by the locality to remove such signs or advertisements and shall not authorize volunteers to act on behalf of such locality for the removal of signs or advertisements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Delegate Hayes Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Infrastructure and Funding Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 90–7 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 92–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — 19–2 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105136D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649)
- 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 2026-01-29 House committee offered
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Committee substitute printed 26106582D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649)
- 2026-02-04 Floor offered Delegate Hayes Amendments
- 2026-02-04 Passed by temporarily
- 2026-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-04 Delegate Hayes Floor amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
substitution - 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 5-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108482D-S1
substitution - 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 Transportation Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House (90-Y 7-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB649ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB649)
- 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 410 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0410)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e1826ee-4e3c-407f-a249-c3f05b8bc129. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).