republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition."
description: "All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition. Authorizes the governing body of any city to provide by ordinance for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or sidewalk within such city. This bill is identical to SB 516."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 234"
citation: "Virginia HB 234 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeion A. Ward"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab4756d-2318-490c-8fb8-f787d1b2d113"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB234"
source_hash: "574ce88850031c6a84e36af9447bc6966b1193f4222b6d4ccdf8675f089e2b80"
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 234 (2024) — All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.

All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition. Authorizes the governing body of any city to provide by ordinance for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or sidewalk within such city. This bill is identical to SB 516.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0436)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107821D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB234S1)
3. **HB234ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB234ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102062D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB234)
5. **Printed as engrossed 24102062D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB234E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (7-Y 6-N) — **7–6** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) — **55–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N) — **61–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeion A. Ward — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102062D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB234E
- **2024-02-02** Printed as engrossed 24102062D-E
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB234E)
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation with substitute (7-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Committee substitute printed 24107821D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB234S1)
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 24107821D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB234S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107821D-S1 (62-Y 37-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (62-Y 37-N)
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB234ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB234ER)
- **2024-03-01** 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`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ab4756d-2318-490c-8fb8-f787d1b2d113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).