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2020 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: David W. Marsden

Date of Meeting: February 20, 2020
Time and Place: 15 minutes after adjournment, Senate Room 3, Capitol
Updated to only include Revenue Bills

H.B. 578 Smoking; illegal in motor vehicle with a minor present.

Patron: Guzman

Smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present. Expands the group in the presence of whom it is illegal to smoke in a motor vehicle from minors under the age of eight to any minor.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-810.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to smoking in motor vehicle with a minor present.

20100081D

H.B. 885 Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding.

Patron: Sickles

Speeding; reckless driving. Raises the threshold for per se reckless driving for speeding from driving in excess of 80 miles per hour to driving in excess of 85 miles per hour. The threshold for per se reckless driving for speeding for driving at or more than 20 miles per hour in excess of the speed limit remains unchanged. The bill also provides that any person who drives a motor vehicle at a speed in excess of 80 miles per hour but below 86 miles per hour on any highway in the Commonwealth having a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour shall be subject to an additional fine of $100.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-862 and 46.2-878.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.

20106070D

H.B. 1196 Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs.

Patron: Lopez

Suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs. Removes the requirement that a court suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of any violation of the law who fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment of fines or costs. The bill provides that the fine for any moving violation while operating a motor vehicle in a designated highway safety corridor shall be no more than $500 for any violation that is a traffic infraction and not less than $200 for any violation that is a criminal offense. The bill repeals the Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977. The bill also provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall reinstate a person's privilege to drive a motor vehicle that was suspended prior to July 1, 2019, solely pursuant to § 46.2-395 of the Code of Virginia and shall waive all fees relating to reinstating such person's driving privileges. Nothing in this act shall require the Commissioner to reinstate a person's driving privileges if such privileges have been otherwise lawfully suspended or revoked or if such person is otherwise ineligible for a driver's license. This bill incorporates HB 17.

 

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 19.2-258.1, 19.2-354, 19.2-354.1, 33.2-503, 46.2-203.1, 46.2-301, 46.2-361, 46.2-383, 46.2-391.1, 46.2-416, 46.2-819.1, 46.2-819.3, 46.2-819.3:1, 46.2-819.5, 46.2-940, and 46.2-1200.1 of the Code of Virginia; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-808.2; and to repeal § 46.2-395 and Article 18 (§§ 46.2-944.1 through 46.2-947) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs.

20107235D

H.B. 1211 Motor Vehicles, Department of; issuance of certain documents, citizenship requirement.

Patron: Tran

Department of Motor Vehicles; driver documents and reexamination fees. Removes the citizenship and legal presence requirements for obtaining a driver's license or special identification card. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel any (i) REAL ID-compliant driver's license or special identification card and (ii) commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit if the Department is notified by a federal agency that the individual to whom such document was issued is not in compliance with the citizenship and lawful residency requirements for such license, card, or permit. The bill prohibits the release, with some exceptions, of proof documents and information about them, applications relating to the issuance of a driving credential or a special identification card, and photographs of the applicant. The bill creates a $5 reexamination fee for the administration of a knowledge or skills test for obtaining a driver's license, learner's permit, motorcycle license, or commercial driver's license. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021, and contains technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-323, 46.2-324, 46.2-325, 46.2-328.1, 46.2-330, 46.2-332, 46.2-335, 46.2-337, 46.2-341.12, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 46.2-341.14, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, 46.2-345, 46.2-345.2, and 63.2-503.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal §§ 46.2-334.1 and 46.2-335.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles; driver documents and reexamination fees.

20107009D

H.B. 1439 Transportation safety; adopting several initiatives.

Patron: Jones

Transportation safety. Adopts several initiatives related to transportation and safety, including (i) making it illegal to possess an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; (ii) requiring all passengers in a vehicle to wear safety belts and making failure to wear a safety belt a primary offense; (iii) prohibiting the use of handheld personal communication devices; (iv) establishing a speed monitoring program in highway safety corridors that uses a vehicle sensor to take a picture of a vehicle traveling more than 10 miles over the speed limit, subjecting the driver to a monetary fine; and (v) allowing localities to lower the speed limit below 25 miles per hour in business and residential districts. The bill directs the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish an advisory committee to oversee education and training materials and implementation and enforcement of policies such as the bill's safety belt and handheld personal communications device provisions. The bill decreases the frequency of vehicle inspections from every 12 months to every 24 months. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.

 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-323.1, 46.2-208, 46.2-882, 46.2-1078.1, 46.2-1092, 46.2-1094, 46.2-1158, and 46.2-1300 and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-224.1 and by adding a section numbered 46.2-882.1, relating to transportation safety.

20107985D

H.B. 1442 Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty.

Patron: Jones

Photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty. Authorizes law-enforcement agencies and localities to operate photo speed monitoring devices, defined in the bill, in or around school crossing zones and highway work zones for the purpose of recording images of vehicles that are traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted school crossing zone or highway work zone speed limit within such school crossing zone or highway work zone when such highway work zone is indicated by conspicuously placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and that such photo speed monitoring devices are used in the area. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed $125, if such vehicle is found to be traveling at speeds of at least 10 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone or school crossing zone speed limit by the photo speed monitoring device. The bill provides that if the summons for a violation is issued by mail, the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency, but if the violation is personally issued by an officer at the time of the violation, such violation shall be part of the driver's record and used for insurance purposes. The bill provides that the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred if the summons is issued by a local law-enforcement officer and paid to the Department of State Police if the summons is issued by a law-enforcement officer employed by the Department of State Police. This bill incorporates HB 621 and HB1721.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-208 and 46.2-882 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-882.1, relating to photo speed monitoring devices; civil penalty.

20107126D