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type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial motor vehicle; expands definition."
description: "Commercial motor vehicle; definition. Expands the definition of a commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles inclusive of a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. Currently, the definition includes, in relevant part, a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. The new definition is consistent with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1290"
citation: "Virginia HB 1290 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddae8ce0-291a-4140-bec0-d07ff9a36c9a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1290"
source_hash: "b19eb6d38ac1f3d589014b06aaf5ec5e35e178d63500dbb7a6e91d031d8a6873"
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 1290 (2026) — Commercial motor vehicle; expands definition.
Commercial motor vehicle; definition. Expands the definition of a commercial motor vehicle to include vehicles inclusive of a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. Currently, the definition includes, in relevant part, a towed vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. The new definition is consistent with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations.
## 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/1088071.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198188.PDF)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **140** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Wiley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 26101540D `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1290)
- **2026-01-29** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1290ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1290)
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 769 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddae8ce0-291a-4140-bec0-d07ff9a36c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).