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Bill	Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report.	Photo speed monitoring devices, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems; placement and operation; violation enforcement; civil penalties. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk speed corridors for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, to conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and violations captured by the other devices authorized by this bill and requires summonses issued for such violations captured by such devices to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of these devices, including the use of funds from collected civil penalties, signage, data retention and storage, photo speed monitoring device calibration, making certain information available to the public, requirements for private vendors, and reporting. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of requirements and provides that, for any summons issued, failure to comply with the requirements for the operation of such devices renders such summons invalid and requires courts to dismiss such summons.The bill also limits the use of such devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill, and 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 device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring system, or stop sign violation monitoring system, respectively, provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 84	Virginia SB 84 (2026)	bill		enacted	Angelia Williams Graves	6	46	9	2025-12-30	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8ed8118a-c2e6-4116-b8d7-b99beb880e65	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB84	fcef0632dd7aee7effea20f0fd9044ff7e985ac973589194277607ec5a5f00ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 84 (2026) — Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report.

Photo speed monitoring devices, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems; placement and operation; violation enforcement; civil penalties. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk speed corridors for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, to conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and violations captured by the other devices authorized by this bill and requires summonses issued for such violations captured by such devices to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of these devices, including the use of funds from collected civil penalties, signage, data retention and storage, photo speed monitoring device calibration, making certain information available to the public, requirements for private vendors, and reporting. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of requirements and provides that, for any summons issued, failure to comply with the requirements for the operation of such devices renders such summons invalid and requires courts to dismiss such summons.The bill also limits the use of such devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill, and 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 device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring system, or stop sign violation monitoring system, respectively, 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. Delegate Seibold Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Concur House Substitute R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 67–32 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation — 11–3 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 27–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100916D filing, introduction
• 2025-12-30 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107414D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 11-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 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 (SB84)
• 2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation with substitute (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109062D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-09 Motion to rerefer to Transportation agreed to
• 2026-03-09 Rereferred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reconsideration of motion to rerefer to committee agreed to referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (67-Y 32-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-11 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84)
• 2026-03-12 Floor offered Delegate Seibold Amendment
• 2026-03-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-12 Delegate Seibold Floor amendment withdrawn withdrawal
• 2026-03-12 Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 House substitute agreed to by Senate substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB84ER) 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 (SB84)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 967 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ed8118a-c2e6-4116-b8d7-b99beb880e65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).