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2024 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: Jennifer B. Boysko

Clerk: Michael Jackson,Ashleigh Hynst
Staff: Nikhil Edward
Date of Meeting: February 22, 2024
Time and Place: 15 mins. after adj. / Senate Committee Room B (306) GAB
Update: Removed - HB657,HB1077,HB1266

H.B. 143

Patron: Reid

Utility work database. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will occur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 4 of Chapter 2 of Title 33.2 a section numbered 33.2-280.2, relating to utility work database.

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H.B. 144

Patron: Reid

Change in speed limits; notification. Requires the Department of Transportation, if the Commissioner of Highways increases or decreases a speed limit, to notify the primary liaison with the Department in each locality within which such speed limit change will occur. The bill also requires the locality to notify the governing body of any property owners' association or condominium association if any such speed limit change will occur in a community subject to such association.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-878 of the Code of Virginia, relating to change in speed limits; notification.

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H.B. 425

Patron: Green

Department of Motor Vehicles; release of privileged information. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to release to a party that is subject to an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department nonmedical privileged information necessary to participate in such administrative proceeding. The bill limits such information to matters of fact and law asserted or questioned by the Department and prohibits the dissemination of such information to any third party that is not a party to the administrative proceeding.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-208 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Motor Vehicles; release of privileged information.

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H.B. 460

Patron: Kilgore

Cumberlands Airport Commission. Establishes a new charter for the Cumberlands Airport Commission and repeals the current charter, which was created in 1958. The proposed charter sets out the organization of the Commission and contains powers and duties typically granted for authorities. The bill also removes the Town of Lebanon and the Counties of Lee and Russell from the Commission.

A BILL to continue the Cumberlands Airport Commission and provide for its rights, powers, duties, and functions and to repeal Chapter 439 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, which created the Cumberlands Airport Commission.

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H.B. 645

Patron: Reaser

Parking spaces reserved for charging electric vehicles; signs. Removes the requirement that signs noting that a parking space is reserved for charging plug-in electric motor vehicles include the civil penalty for parking in violation of such sign.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1219.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to parking spaces reserved for charging electric vehicles; signs.

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H.B. 812

Patron: Mundon King

Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. Repeals authorization for the issuance of Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee special license plates and provides that such special license plates already in circulation will remain valid until their expiration and shall not be renewed

A BILL to repeal § 46.2-746.22 and Chapter 235 of the Acts of Assembly of 2007, relating to special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee.

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H.B. 924

Patron: Srinivasan

Transportation network companies;  publishing and disclosure requirements. Requires a transportation network company (TNC) to (i) issue an annual report to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles containing the aggregate data regarding the average fare collected from passengers, the total time driven by TNC partners while transporting a passenger, and the total amount earned by TNC partners in connection with prearranged rides and (ii) disclose to TNC partners details about the deactivation process and provide a weekly summary that includes the total fare collected from passengers, the total amount earned, and the percentage earned by such TNC partner that week.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-2099.53 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 15 of Chapter 20 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-2099.54, relating to transportation network companies; publishing and disclosure requirements.

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H.B. 925

Patron: Shin

Towing; vehicles with expired registration; civil penalty. Requires a towing operator for a parking lot of a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to post written notice on a vehicle providing at least 48 hours' notice to a resident prior to removing a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lot of the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expired vehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to the landlord of such multifamily dwelling unit to transmit to the resident. The bill provides that a towing and recover operator or landlord who fails to comply with these requirements shall be required to reimburse the resident for the cost of the tow and provides that the towing operator shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1150, 46.2-1231, and 46.2-1232 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing; vehicles with expired registration; civil penalty.

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H.B. 959

Patron: Lopez

Towing violations; enforcement. Authorizes localities in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed and regulate the monitoring practices that may be used by towing and recovery operators. Current law authorizes localities other than those in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed. The bill also changes the penalty for certain trespass towing offenses in Planning District 8 from $150 per violation paid to the Literary Fund to 10 times the total amount charged for such removal, towing, and storage to be paid to the victim of the unlawful towing.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1232 and 46.2-1233.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to towing violations; enforcement.

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H.B. 1073

Patron: Carr

Tow truck drivers; prohibited acts. Prohibits tow truck drivers from driving by the scene of a wrecked or disabled vehicle for which a law-enforcement tow has been initiated by a law-enforcement agency, initiating contact with the owner or operator of such vehicle by soliciting or offering towing services, and towing such vehicle.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-118 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tow truck drivers; prohibited acts.

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H.B. 1084

Patron: Carr

Disabled parking placards; validity; fees. Extends from six months to 12 months the maximum duration for which the DMV may issue a temporary removable windshield placard to a person with a disability that limits or impairs his ability to walk or that creates a concern for his safety while walking. The bill also eliminates the fee for the issuance of temporary and permanent disabled parking placards and includes technical amendments.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1241 of the Code of Virginia, relating to disabled parking placards; validity; fees.

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H.B. 1110

Patron: Wyatt

Toll facilities; vehicle owner. Provides that, in the context of automated toll enforcement, the exemption from the definition of "owner" for vehicle rental or vehicle leasing companies applies only if such companies meet existing requirements related to handling toll invoices on rented or leased vehicles.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-819.3:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to toll facilities; vehicle owner.

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H.B. 1112

Patron: Wyatt

Auto recyclers; database search. Clarifies the databases to be searched by the Department of Motor Vehicles upon notification by an auto recycler that he possesses a motor vehicle to be demolished but does not possess a certificate of title, salvage certificate, or nonrepairable certificate for such motor vehicle. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1608.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to auto recyclers; database search.

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H.B. 1224

Patron: Runion

Department of Motor Vehicles; fees. Reduces the fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card without a photograph from $10 per year with a $20 minimum fee to $2 per year with a $10 minimum fee.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-345.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles; fees.

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H.B. 1254

Patron: Runion

Bridges; state of good repair; allocation of funds. Designates bridges with a general condition rating, defined in the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge component as eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges must be structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes the use of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated to extend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The bill applies to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board after June 1, 2025.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-369 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bridges; state of good repair; allocation of funds.

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H.B. 1287

Patron: McClure

Towing companies; local authority. Clarifies that the provisions of existing law authorizing localities in Planning District 8 to require towing companies that tow from the county to a storage or release location outside of the locality to obtain a permit to do so do not restrict or modify the authority of the locality to require that towing companies that tow and store or release vehicles within the county, city, or town to obtain from the locality a permit to do so.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1232 of the Code of Virginia, relating to regulation of towing companies; local authority.

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H.B. 1362

Patron: Maldonado

School bus video-monitoring system; citations. Prohibits a contract between a private vendor and a school division for the operation of school bus video-monitoring systems to capture passing stopped school bus violations from requiring a minimum quota of violations captured or citations issued for the video-monitoring system to be deployed.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-844 of the Code of Virginia, relating to school bus video-monitoring system; citations.

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H.B. 1419

Patron: Kilgore

Electronic sales by dealers; titling. Authorizes certain motor vehicle dealers to choose to sell a motor vehicle electronically by obtaining a title in the dealer's name for resale. This bill has a contingent effective date of the earlier of (i) July 1, 2025, or (ii) receipt of proper notification that a secure power of attorney prescribed by federal law and in a form approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles is available to motor vehicle dealers to be electronically signed by a purchaser.

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-631.1, relating to electronic sales by dealers; titling.

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H.B. 1454

Patron: Lopez

Limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of driver's licenses, which, under current law, is a period not to exceed eight years or, for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years, and permits and special identification cards. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for such documents upon reissuance.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-328.1, 46.2-328.3, and 46.2-345.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to limited-duration licenses and driver privilege cards and permits; expiration.

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H.B. 1538

Patron: Kilgore

Conversion of manufactured home to real property. Establishes a process whereby a manufactured home owner who is not listed as the owner of such manufactured home on its title may detitle such manufactured home in order to convert the home to real property.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-653.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to conversion of manufactured home to real property.

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