SB84Introduced in the Senate
Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report.
Introduced by Angelia Williams Graves, District 21
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Photo speed monitoring devices, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems; placement and operation; violation enforcement; civil penalties. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk speed corridors for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, to conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and violations captured by the other devices authorized by this bill and requires summonses issued for such violations captured by such devices to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of these 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 such devices renders such summons invalid and requires courts to dismiss such summons.The bill also limits the use of such 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 device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring system, or stop sign violation monitoring system, respectively, provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0967)
April 13, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
5 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: House substitute agreed to by Senate · March 12, 2026
22
Yes
17
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Bennett-Parker | 5 | Yes |
| Michael Jones | 77 | Yes |
| Timmy French | 1 | No |
| Mark Obenshain | 2 | No |
| Chris Head | 3 | No |
| David Suetterlein | 4 | No |
| Travis Hackworth | 5 | No |
| Todd Pillion | 6 | No |
| William Stanley | 7 | No |
| Mark Peake | 8 | No |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100916D
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
Committee substitute printed 26107414D-S1
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 11-N 0-A)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
Reported from Transportation with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
Committee substitute printed 26109062D-H1
Motion to rerefer to Transportation agreed to
Rereferred to Transportation
Reconsideration of motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
Read second time
Passed by for the day
Read third time
committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Passed House with substitute (67-Y 32-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Passed by for the day
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84)
Floor offered Delegate Seibold Amendment
Read third time
Delegate Seibold Floor amendment withdrawn
Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
House substitute agreed to by Senate
Enrolled
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB84ER)
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 967 (Effective - see bill)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0967)
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