Bills Of Interest
HOUSE BIILLS
HB 1559
Local ordinances; vehicle exhaust; operation on property near residential district.
Allows local governing bodies to regulate, by ordinance, noise from vehicles not conforming to exhaust system requirements that are operated on highways or on public or private property in or within 500 feet of any residential district. Current law only allows such regulation by ordinance from such vehicles that are operated on a highway.
VCOM opposes this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=231&typ=bil&val=hb1559&submit=GO
HB 1772
All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; seizure, impounding, and disposition.
Authorizes local governing bodies to provide for the lawful seizure, impounding, and disposition of (i) an illegally operated all-terrain vehicle or (ii) an off-road motorcycle operated on a highway or on private property without the consent of the property owner.
VCOM opposes this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1772
HB 1773
Exception to stopping requirement; bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter.
Authorizes the operator of a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter to yield instead of stop at an intersection of two highways controlled by a stop sign if (i) each intersecting highway has no more than three motor vehicle travel lanes; (ii) the operator is at least 15 years old or accompanied by an adult; (iii) the operator slows to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions; (iv) before proceeding into the intersection, the person yields the right-of-way to any pedestrian lawfully within the crosswalk and to the driver of another vehicle approaching or entering such intersection from another direction; and (v) the stop sign is not marked as a full-stop stop sign. The bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate any stop sign as a full-stop stop sign if site-specific conditions, including limited sight distances and hidden entrances, make it unsafe for a person to yield instead of stop at such stop sign and requires a clearly marked sign at such stop signs
VCOM opposes this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1773
HB 1932
Yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares.
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.
VCOM supports this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1932
HB 2102
Vehicle exhaust systems; equipment.
Prohibits (i) the sale or offering for sale of any mechanical or electronic device that creates or amplifies noise emitted by a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter that is louder than the noise emitted by the motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter as originally manufactured and (ii) the operation of a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter equipped with any such device. The bill prohibits the issuance of a safety inspection approval sticker on any vehicle equipped with such a device or other unlawful muffler.
VCOM opposes this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2102
HB 2127
Passing certain stopped vehicles; motorcycles.
Authorizes the operator of a two-wheeled motorcycle to pass another vehicle that is stopped in the same lane or between lanes, provided that the operator is on a divided highway with at least two lanes of travel in each direction that has a speed limit that does not exceed 45 miles per hour, such motorcycle does not exceed a speed of 15 miles per hour, and the operator may execute such passing safely.
Delegate Tony Wilt introduced this bill at the request of VCOM. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2127
HB 2304
Motorcycle rider safety training courses.
Changes one of the three available types of motorcycle training courses from a sidecar and three-wheeled motorcycle course to a three-wheeled motorcycle course. The bill removes the protective gear requirements and limitations on the number of students per instructor and per range during on-cycle instruction. The bill requires motorcycle training centers to provide at least one motorcycle per student for experienced rider courses and three-wheeled motorcycle courses. Current law requires the student to provide the motorcycle for an experienced rider course and the training center to provide one three-wheeled motorcycle per every two students. The bill removes the engine, height, and weight requirements for the motorcycles provided by the training course.
Delegate Robert Bloxom introduced this bill at the request of VCOM. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=231&typ=bil&val=hb2304&submit=GO
SENATE BILLS
SB 951
Uninsured motorist fee; repeal.
Repeals the option to register an uninsured motor vehicle upon payment of the uninsured motor vehicle fee of $500. The repeal has an effective date of July 1, 2024. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to continue registering uninsured vehicles from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024, but provides that all such registrations shall expire prior to July 1, 2024.
VCOM supports this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=231&typ=bil&val=sb951&submit=GO
SB 982
Yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares.
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.
VCOM supports this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=231&typ=bil&val=sb982&submit=GO
SB 1085
Motor vehicle exhaust systems; aftermarket amplifying devices; inspections.
Prohibits the sale and use of devices designed to create or amplify noise emitted from a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter to a level higher than that of the originally manufactured vehicle and requires motor vehicle inspection regulations to include compliance with such requirements. The bill creates a noise limit of 85 decibels as measured from a distance of 50 feet that a motor vehicle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter may emit.
VCOM opposes this bill. You can track the progress of this bill and read the bill in its entirety using the following link:
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=231&typ=bil&val=sb1085&submit=GO