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HB994Introduced in the House of Delegates

Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation.

Passed

Introduced by Holly Seibold, District 12

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. Authorizes the governing body of any locality to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of a photo speed monitoring device by a law-enforcement agency in a safety red zone, defined in the bill, for the purpose of recording vehicle speed violations in such safety red zone. The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and requires summonses issued for such vehicle speed violations to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of photo speed monitoring devices, including the use of funds from collected civil penalties, signage, data retention and storage, photo speed monitoring device calibration, making certain information available to the public, requirements for private vendors, and reporting. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of requirements and provides that for any summons issued, failure to comply with the requirements for the operation of photo speed monitoring devices renders such summons invalid.The bill also limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill, and 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 vehicle speed violation.The bill directs the Commissioner of Highways to develop criteria for designating a highway segment as a high-risk pedestrian corridor for purposes of identifying safety red zones.The bill contains delayed effective dates for certain provisions.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

5 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

9 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) · March 13, 2026

60

Yes

34

No

5

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 26105154D

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

  7. Committee substitute printed 26107622D-H1

  8. Read first time

  9. Floor offered Delegate Seibold Amendment

  10. Read second time

  11. committee substitute agreed to

  12. Delegate Seibold Floor amendment agreed to

  13. Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended

  14. Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N 0-A)

  15. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  16. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  17. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB994)

  18. Senate committee offered

  19. Senate committee offered

  20. Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A)

  21. Committee substitute printed 26108722D-S1

  22. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)

  23. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N)

  24. Committee substitute printed 26109546D-S2

  25. Rules suspended

  26. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  27. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  28. Read third time

  29. Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)

  30. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  31. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  32. Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N 0-A)

  33. Reconsideration of Defeated action by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  34. Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N 0-A)

  35. Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N 0-A)

  36. Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  37. Senate requested conference committee

  38. House acceded to request

  39. Conferees appointed by House

  40. House Conferees: Seibold, Simon, Phillips

  41. Conferees appointed by Senate

  42. Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Jones, Diggs

  43. Senate insisted on substitute

  44. Conference Report released

  45. Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A)

  46. Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A)

  47. Enrolled

  48. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB994ER)

  49. Signed by President

  50. Signed by Speaker

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

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

  53. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB994)

  54. Approved by Governor - Chapter 968 (effective - see bill)

  55. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968)

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