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HB55Introduced in the House of Delegates

Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authorities to place and operate, civil penalties.

Passed

Introduced by Richard Sullivan, District 6

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authority; civil penalties. Authorizes counties and cities in Planning Districts 8, 9, and 15 to place and operate noise abatement monitoring systems, defined in the bill, on any highway located in the locality for the purpose of recording and enforcing exhaust system violations, also defined in the bill. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100, but the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency. The bill provides that a locality may exempt from enforcement by noise abatement monitoring systems vehicles used for agricultural, horticultural, or forestry purposes as demonstrated by vehicle license plates. Under the bill, the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred to be used for the cost of administering the noise abatement monitoring system program and for transportation safety initiatives. The bill contains the same data privacy and storage requirements as are in current law for photo speed monitoring devices. The bill requires any locality that places and operates such a noise abatement monitoring system to report on its public website by January 15 of each year on the number of traffic violations prosecuted, the number of successful prosecutions, and the total amount of monetary civil penalties collected. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill incorporates HB 1349.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026

65

Yes

34

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101258D

  2. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)

  4. House subcommittee offered

  5. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)

  6. Incorporates HB1349 (McAuliff)

  7. Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 6-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107384D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

  13. Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  16. Senate committee offered

  17. Reported from Transportation with amendment (7-Y 6-N 2-A)

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  21. Read third time

  22. Transportation Amendment agreed to

  23. Engrossed by Senate as amended

  24. Defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N 0-A)

  25. Reconsideration of Defeated by Senate agreed to (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  26. Passed by for the day

  27. Passed by for the day

  28. Passed by for the day

  29. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  30. Read third time

  31. Floor offered Senator Pekarsky Amendments

  32. Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)

  33. Senator Perkarsky Amendments agreed to

  34. Engrossed by Senate as amended

  35. Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  36. Senate amendments agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N 0-A)

  37. Enrolled

  38. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB55ER)

  39. Signed by President

  40. Signed by Speaker

  41. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  42. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  43. Approved by Governor-Chapter 56 (effective 7/1/2026)

  44. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0056)

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