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type: "Bill"
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title: "Parking enforcement; high tourism localities."
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description: "Parking enforcement; issuance of a summons or parking ticket. Removes the population requirement for a locality to be authorized to, by ordinance, authorize law-enforcement officers, other uniformed employees of the locality, and uniformed personnel serving under contract with the locality to issue a summons or parking ticket for a violation of an ordinance regulating the parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles. Existing law grants such authority to localities having a population of at least 40,000. This bill is identical to SB 67."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 783"
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citation: "Virginia HB 783 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jessica L. Anderson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52c99d6-908e-47ca-96b4-43cdf7686c4e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB783"
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source_hash: "ff752dc0db941a9d709ba9387dbeb9ee08679cb82435b392acab6d857d87592f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 783 (2026) — Parking enforcement; high tourism localities.
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Parking enforcement; issuance of a summons or parking ticket. Removes the population requirement for a locality to be authorized to, by ordinance, authorize law-enforcement officers, other uniformed employees of the locality, and uniformed personnel serving under contract with the locality to issue a summons or parking ticket for a violation of an ordinance regulating the parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles. Existing law grants such authority to localities having a population of at least 40,000. This bill is identical to SB 67.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085878.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221772.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1113401.PDF)
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4. **Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1100509.HTML)
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5. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1109233.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179677.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **10–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **77–21** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102734D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (77-Y 21-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB783ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c52c99d6-908e-47ca-96b4-43cdf7686c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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