republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-144.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Speed limits; notification to primary liaison in each locality when change occurs."
description: "Change in speed limits; notification. Requiresthe Department of Transportation, if the Commissioner of Highwaysincreases or decreases a speed limit, to (i) notify the primary liaisonwith the Department in each locality within which such speed limitchange will occur and (ii) place roadside signage notifying driversof the upcoming change in such speed limit. The bill also requiresthe Department to notify the governing body of any property owners'association or condominium association if any such speed limit changewill occur in a community subject to such association."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Virginia HB 144 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a537d3a-5ff7-4ee5-ac1c-5859192c98f0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB144"
source_hash: "839f0757296a40306577bdd6c5ed8caae18d4bfe9ac46c25e03628bfddf638e1"
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 144 (2024) — Speed limits; notification to primary liaison in each locality when change occurs.

Change in speed limits; notification. Requiresthe Department of Transportation, if the Commissioner of Highwaysincreases or decreases a speed limit, to (i) notify the primary liaisonwith the Department in each locality within which such speed limitchange will occur and (ii) place roadside signage notifying driversof the upcoming change in such speed limit. The bill also requiresthe Department to notify the governing body of any property owners'association or condominium association if any such speed limit changewill occur in a community subject to such association.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0272** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0272)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106376D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB144H1)
3. **HB144ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB144ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100835D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB144)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100835D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB144)
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24106376D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106376D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB144H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB144H1)
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB144ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB144ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0272)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a537d3a-5ff7-4ee5-ac1c-5859192c98f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).