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2023 SESSION
Chair: David W. Marsden
Clerk: Michael Jackson, H. Dockery
Staff: Nikhil Edward
Date of Meeting: February 9, 2023
Time and Place: 15 mins. after adj. / Committee Room #3 - Capitol Ext.
Patron: Greenhalgh
Amateur radio operators; amber lights. Removes the prohibition on using lit amber lights on vehicles used or operated by federally licensed amateur radio operators in certain situations while such vehicles are in motion.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1025 of the Code of Virginia, relating to amateur radio operators; amber lights.23100350D
Patron: Wachsmann
Golf carts and utility vehicles; Town of Stony Creek. Adds the Town of Stony Creek to the list of towns that may authorize the operation of golf carts and utility vehicles on designated public highways despite not having established their own police departments.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-916.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to golf carts and utility vehicles; Town of Stony Creek.23101233D
Patron: Austin
Special license plates; BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation bearing the legend BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION.
A BILL to authorize the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation bearing the legend BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION; fees.23100440D
Patron: Austin
Transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. Requires TNC insurance to maintain the same minimum uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage as is currently required by law for all motor vehicle insurance policies of $30,000 for bodily injury per person, $60,000 for bodily injury per accident, and $20,000 for property damage, whether or not there is a passenger in the vehicle. The bill also prohibits TNC insurance underinsured motorist coverage from being set off by another policy from incidents arising when there is a passenger in the vehicle. Current law requires uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage for TNCs at $1 million when a passenger is in the vehicle. The bill repeals expired provisions related to TNC insurance coverage.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-2099.50 and 46.2-2099.52 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal § 46.2-2099.51 of the Code of Virginia, relating to transportation network companies; uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage.23103953D
Patron: Adams, D.M.
Towing and recovery operators; vehicle storage. Prohibits towing and recovery operators from refusing, at their place of business during the first 24 hours of vehicle storage, to allow the owner of a towed vehicle, upon presenting proof of ownership, to access and recover any personal items not attached to the vehicle without retrieving the vehicle and without paying any fee.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-118 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing and recovery operators; vehicle storage.23104731D
Patron: Sullivan
Commissioner of Highways; entering into certain agreements; civil penalties; agents. Adds contractors to the list of entities that the Commissioner of Highways, in agreement with Fairfax County, may authorize to act as agents for the enforcement of provisions related to signs or advertising within the limits of highways and the collection of associated civil penalties for violations of such provisions. The bill also requires such contractors to comply with applicable law and makes them subject to a right to reclaim a lawfully placed sign by the sign owner if such sign was confiscated in violation of the granted authority.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1225 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commissioner of Highways; entering into certain agreements; civil penalties; agents.23102486D
Patron: Wyatt
Vehicle safety inspection; commercial vehicles; exemption. Provides that a commercial vehicle operating in interstate commerce is exempt from the vehicle safety inspection requirement if, in addition to other criteria, such vehicle is inspected in accordance with the federal requirements for annual inspection by complying with federal periodic inspection requirements. Current law requires annual inspection through self-inspection, a third-party inspection, a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspection, or a periodic inspection performed by any state with a program in order for the vehicle to be exempt.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1158.01 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicle safety inspection; commercial vehicles; exemption.23101334D
Patron: Wyatt
Crash reports; inspection by certain persons. Changes the person authorized to inspect a crash report from the present owner of a vehicle or property involved in the crash to the owner of such vehicle or property at the time of the crash.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-380 of the Code of Virginia, relating to crash reports; inspection by certain persons.23103238D
Patron: Wiley
Titling requirements for nonrepairable vehicles; sale to certain auto recyclers. Establishes a process whereby an insurance company can obtain a nonrepairable certificate for a vehicle acquired through the claims process without first obtaining a title or salvage certificate for such vehicle, provided that the insurance company is unable to obtain the assigned title or salvage certificate from the insured and has determined the vehicle to be a nonrepairable vehicle, any lien on the vehicle has been satisfied, and the vehicle is being sold to a demolisher, salvage dealer, or scrap metal processor for the purpose of recycling parts, dismantling, demolishing, or recycling for scrap.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1602.1, 46.2-1603.2, and 46.2-1608.2 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1602.3, relating to titling requirements for nonrepairable vehicles; sale to certain auto recyclers.23104639D
Patron: Wachsmann
Damaging or removing temporary work signs; penalty. Expands the prohibition on damaging or removing traffic control devices or street signs, punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor, to include damaging or removing temporary signs approved by the Department of Transportation warning motorists that work is in progress on or adjacent to the highway or that certain vehicles may be entering the highway.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-832 of the Code of Virginia, relating to damaging or removing temporary work signs; penalty.23101688D
Patron: Bloxom
Farm use placards. Delays from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, the date by which vehicles claiming a farm use exemption are required to obtain a farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and display such placard at all times. The bill provides that the requirement to display a farm use placard only applies to pickup or panel trucks and sport utility vehicles. The bill removes certain requirements on the application for a farm use placard, prohibits requesting additional information on such application, and prohibits disclosure of application information. The bill authorizes the use of an agricultural or horticultural vehicle for disposing of incidental refuse and a seasonal transportation vehicle for driving to a storage house, packing plant, or market regardless of distance. The bill clarifies that the exemption for transporting back to a farm essential food includes procuring a meal for a farmer or his employees and that such exemption applies while engaged in authorized farm vehicle uses. The bill exempts vehicles required to obtain a farm use placard from the motor vehicle sales and use tax and authorizes localities to exempt such vehicles from personal property tax.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-665, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-666, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-667, 46.2-670, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-672, as it shall become effective, 46.2-673, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 46.2-684.2, 58.1-2403, and 58.1-3505 of the Code of Virginia and to amend and reenact the second enactment of Chapter 51 and the second enactment of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, relating to farm use placards.23104736D
Patron: Runion
Yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares. Requires drivers to make a lane change or reduce speed when passing stationary vehicles that have activated the vehicular hazard warning signal flashers, displayed caution signs, or been marked with properly lit flares or torches on certain highways when safe and reasonable to do so, and makes a violation of this requirement a traffic infraction.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-861.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares.23102790D
Patron: Krizek
Passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption. Extends from 10 days to 30 business days the deadline for issuing a summons for an alleged violation of passing a stopped school bus in order for proof that the motor vehicle passed a stopped school bus and that the defendant was the registered owner of the vehicle to give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the owner of the vehicle was the operator during the violation.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-844 of the Code of Virginia, relating to passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption.23101852D
Patron: Adams, L.R.
Use of handheld personal communication devices in certain motor vehicles. Clarifies the penalty structure for a first offense and a second or subsequent offense of using a handheld personal communication device in certain motor vehicles, as well as the mandatory fine for a violation within a highway work zone, to accommodate the Supreme Court's case management system. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is declarative of existing law.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-818.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of handheld personal communication devices in certain motor vehicles.23101587D
Patron: Murphy
Special license plate; woman veteran. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of women veterans bearing the legend SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-746.24, relating to special license plate; SUPPORT WOMEN VETERANS.23105095D
Patron: Cordoza
Special license plates; military service; unremarried surviving spouses. Authorizes unremarried surviving spouses of persons eligible to receive a special license plate for military service to also receive such special license plates. The law currently authorizes this for certain types of military service. This bill incorporates HB 1868.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-740, 46.2-741, 46.2-742.4, 46.2-743, 46.2-744, 46.2-746.1, 46.2-746.2:2, 46.2-746.2:3, 46.2-746.2:4, 46.2-746.2:6, 46.2-746.3, 46.2-746.5, and 46.2-749.46 of the Code of Virginia, relating to special license plates; military service; unremarried surviving spouses.23104692D
Patron: Cordoza
Driver improvement clinics and driver training schools. Lengthens from one year to two years the validity of and increases the cost of licenses and certifications for driver training schools that are third party testers, third party examiners for Class A driver training schools, driver improvement clinics, driver training instructors, and driver training schools, including computer-based driver education providers, and provides for concurrent expirations of licenses and certifications for such schools and their instructors. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, to issue such licenses and certifications for a validity period of between one and 24 months with a fee prorated on a monthly basis to ensure the even distribution of renewals over a calendar year.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-326.1, 46.2-490, and 46.2-1701 of the Code of Virginia, relating to driver improvement clinics and driver training schools.23101348D
Patron: Sickles
Highway use fee; reimbursement. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish and administer a process whereby a vehicle owner may contest an assessed highway use fee. The bill requires the Department to reimburse the vehicle owner for any contested highway use fee or portion thereof that was incorrectly collected.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-772 of the Code of Virginia, relating to highway use fee; reimbursement.23100711D
Patron: McQuinn
Transit Ridership Incentive Program; funds; improving accessibility; transition to zero-emissions. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use up to 30 percent of available funds in the Transit Ridership Incentive Program to support local, regional, and state entities in improving the accessibility of transit bus passenger facilities and transitioning public transit bus fleets and infrastructure to zero-emission bus fleets and infrastructure. The bill directs the Board to develop guidelines for applications for grants to any local, regional, or state public entity that supports a transit system.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1526.3 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, relating to Transit Ridership Incentive Program; funds; improving accessibility; transition to zero-emissions.23103486D
Patron: Bulova
Motor vehicle license plates and registration; taxes and penalties. Increases from $100 to $150 the maximum license tax that a locality is authorized to impose annually on motor vehicles not displaying current license plates. The bill increases from up to $250 to up to $350 the penalty on motor vehicles that have not been registered within the first 30 days of an individual's residency in the Commonwealth.
A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-973 and 46.2-662 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle license plates and registration; taxes and penalties.23104119D
Patron: Austin
Toll operators; Department of Motor Vehicles records. Authorizes toll facility operators to obtain from the Department of Motor Vehicles the email address or other electronic address of the owner of a vehicle that failed to pay a toll. Existing provisions require an invoice for an unpaid toll to be sent by first-class mail. The bill contains technical amendments.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-208 of the Code of Virginia, relating to toll operators; Department of Motor Vehicles records.23104061D
Patron: Campbell, E.H.
Speed determination devices; calibration or testing. Extends the validity of the calibration or testing of a certain devices used to determine motor vehicle speed, other than photo speed monitoring devices, from six months to 12 months. Current law sets such validity for photo speed monitoring devices at 12 months.
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-882 of the Code of Virginia, relating to speed determination devices; calibration or testing.23104443D