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type: "Bill"
title: "Reckless driving; definition of \"exhibition driving,\" penalties."
description: "Reckless driving; exhibition driving; penalties; emergency. Expands reckless driving to include exhibition driving, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits (i) slowing or stopping traffic for a race or exhibition driving, (ii) riding as a passenger on the hood or roof of a motor vehicle during a race or exhibition driving, or (iii) aiding or abetting exhibition driving. The bill establishes penalties for violations and establishes a process for impounding or immobilizing motor vehicles driven by persons arrested for exhibition driving. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2036"
citation: "Virginia HB 2036 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 58
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9943740f-40a5-4051-94aa-aa5be29be79e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2036"
source_hash: "f764f53bd6b871756da1a1d2ba483db60657be8b71927054c20f59eeea086889"
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 2036 (2025) — Reckless driving; definition of "exhibition driving," penalties.
Reckless driving; exhibition driving; penalties; emergency. Expands reckless driving to include exhibition driving, defined in the bill. The bill prohibits (i) slowing or stopping traffic for a race or exhibition driving, (ii) riding as a passenger on the hood or roof of a motor vehicle during a race or exhibition driving, or (iii) aiding or abetting exhibition driving. The bill establishes penalties for violations and establishes a process for impounding or immobilizing motor vehicles driven by persons arrested for exhibition driving. The bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014520.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079118.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037762.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050351.PDF)
5. **Delegate Hope Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1038540.PDF)
6. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074418.PDF)
7. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073619.HTML)
8. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075074.PDF)
9. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021338.HTML)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066882.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — **173** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) — **355** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N) — **364** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N) — **8412** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — **131** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N) — **925** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) and rereferred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104526D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) and referred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Committee substitute printed 25106587D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Floor substitute printed 25106702D-H2 (Hope)
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- **2025-02-03** Delegate Hope Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12** Committee substitute printed 25107359D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (35-Y 5-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2036ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2036)
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB2036H3)
- **2025-03-31** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2036)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (36-Y 4-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Emergency clause added by Governor's recommendation
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2036ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 648 (Effective 04/02/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9943740f-40a5-4051-94aa-aa5be29be79e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).