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type: "Bill"
title: "Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present."
description: "Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "Virginia SB 436 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6532c91-ba69-41bf-a6ef-2cb28045ff0e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB436"
source_hash: "1bd683d98b99b649407ba88f33fd3a6dc6d04fa95cdf49fe33c0394990281aae"
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 SB 436 (2026) — Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present.
Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation.
## 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/1090263.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097319.PDF)
3. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203240.HTML)
4. **Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191864.HTML)
5. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196369.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211969.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Concur House Amendments R — **328** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101066D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Transportation Amendment
- **2026-01-21** Transportation Amendment
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Transportation Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB436)
- **2026-03-03** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-03-10** Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB436ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB436)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 970 (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/a6532c91-ba69-41bf-a6ef-2cb28045ff0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).