2023 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2119: Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments.

Legislative Summary

Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments. Authorizes any locality to authorize, by ordinance, its local law-enforcement agency to place and operate photo speed monitoring devices in certain locations named in the ordinance, provided that (i) the highway has a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or greater; (ii) the ordinance identifies the locality-designated speeding offense to be enforced by the photo speed monitoring device; (iii) speeding, crash, or fatality data supports the need for stronger enforcement against speeding; and (iv) in counties and towns whose roads are subject to the control and jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, the locality-designated highway segment is in the secondary state highway system. The bill directs the locality to also identify the speeding violations that may be enforced by photo speed monitoring device. Current law authorizes the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones and school crossing zones.

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Bill History

1/10/2023
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102271D
House of Delegates
1/10/2023
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/24/2023
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
House of Delegates
1/26/2023
Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
2/7/2023
Left in Public Safety
House of Delegates

Amendments

Amendment(s) for HB2119 Public Safety, Subcommittee #2

Amendment(s) for HB2119 Public Safety, Subcommittee #2

1/26/2023Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N)
1/26/2023
3
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: FAILED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/10/2023)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Public Safety(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Democrat: 2

Primary Sponsor

Sally Hudson
Sally Hudson
Democrat

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Prefiled
Bill Text1/10/202345.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/26/202363.5 KB