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type: "Bill"
title: "Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle."
description: "Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1440"
citation: "Virginia HB 1440 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard P. Bell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-23"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1440"
source_hash: "0d969571466c2f6b4b8f18a0eea7fd2eb550120dc5ad71222fd8d7993c990685"
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 1440 (2017) — Farm use vehicles; imposes $250 fine for violating limitations while operating unregistered vehicle.
Imposes a $250 fine for willfully and intentionally violating the limitations for the use of farm use vehicles on a highway for a second or subsequent violation. Current law allows for a fine of up to $250 regardless of the number of previous violations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0204)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1440ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440ER)
3. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H1)
4. **House: Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440H2)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1440)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **119** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **102** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **5444** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **355** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **61** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Richard P. Bell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-11-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100180D `introduction`
- **2016-11-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Floor substitute printed 17104534D-H1 (Bell, Richard P.)
- **2017-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2017-01-27** Floor substitute printed 17104849D-H2 (Bell, Richard P.)
- **2017-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** Substitute by Delegate Richard P. Bell agreed to 17104849D-H2
- **2017-01-27** Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB1440H2
- **2017-01-30** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8585e74-504b-4d1b-91f6-7dad2089139d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).