republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-436.md

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Bill	Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present.	Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 436	Virginia SB 436 (2026)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	6	37	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a6532c91-ba69-41bf-a6ef-2cb28045ff0e	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB436	1bd683d98b99b649407ba88f33fd3a6dc6d04fa95cdf49fe33c0394990281aae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 436 (2026) — Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present.

Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Amendments (committee substitute) — source
4. Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Amendments R — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101066D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Transportation Amendment
• 2026-01-21 Transportation Amendment
• 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
• 2026-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-27 Transportation Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB436)
• 2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-03-10 Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB436ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB436)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 970 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6532c91-ba69-41bf-a6ef-2cb28045ff0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).