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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities."
description: "Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits for an electric utility's operation of vehicles used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of electrical facilities and infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1526"
citation: "Virginia HB 1526 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1f443b2-e7e2-4374-aa50-ba18d2995202"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1526"
source_hash: "3b3af69fff780cb332cb6b65c13e20753f5ab0a60f8dae7065a9124e79164797"
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 1526 (2024) — Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities.
Motor vehicles; overweight permits for certain trucks operated by electric utilities. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits for an electric utility's operation of vehicles used for the construction, operation, or maintenance of electrical facilities and infrastructure.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0227** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0227)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106533D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1526H1)
3. **HB1526ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1526ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24105835D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1526)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105835D `introduction`
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106533D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106533D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1526H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1526ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1526ER)
- **2024-02-28** 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`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1f443b2-e7e2-4374-aa50-ba18d2995202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).