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type: "Bill"
title: "Smoking; illegal in motor vehicle when a minor under the age of 15 is present."
description: "Smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present. Expands the group in the presence of whom it is illegal to smoke in a motor vehicle from minors under the age of eight to minors under the age of 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Virginia HB 578 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60efdfaf-703f-4f80-bc9c-ecdf5f9bf867"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB578"
source_hash: "6aa4face4cc3929895d81c9cb6ad857b9fc69e0ae6f5df4322f645e8380eb60c"
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 578 (2020) — Smoking; illegal in motor vehicle when a minor under the age of 15 is present.
Smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present. Expands the group in the presence of whom it is illegal to smoke in a motor vehicle from minors under the age of eight to minors under the age of 15.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0972)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0972)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB578ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB578ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB578)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB578)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — **5739** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N) — **2317** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 6-N) — **86** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — **81** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N) — **5143** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) — **166** (pass) · lower
- Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 9-N) — **69** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100081D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB578)
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 9-N)
- **2020-02-27** Reconsiderd by Transportation
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 43-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB578ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 972 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60efdfaf-703f-4f80-bc9c-ecdf5f9bf867`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).