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Motor Vehicles

P Passed

P HB1556

Disabled parking placards. Requires that only original applications (and not renewal applications) for permanent disabled parking placards need be accompanied by a physician's certification of the applicant's disability.
Patron - Byron

P HB1568

Motorcycle rider safety training courses and training centers. Provides that motorcycle rider safety training courses must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. The bill also requires DMV approval of facilities and equipment of regional motorcycle rider safety training centers and requires that the curriculum, accreditation, and geographic areas served by these centers must be approved by DMV, rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. Training centers additionally must maintain such records and provide such reports as DMV determines. This bill is a duplicate of SB 835 (Watkins).
Patron - Wardrup

P HB1585

No proof of financial responsibility for first offender license reinstatement. Provides that any juvenile found guilty and any adult whose proceedings have been deferred under the first (drug) offender statute and whose driver's license, registration card, and license plates are thus revoked shall no longer be required to show proof of financial responsibility prior to reinstatement of his driver's license, etc. Any such person shall still be required to pay a reinstatement fee in order to have his driver's license restored. The bill provides that any person who previously filed a certificate of insurance for an offense prior to the effective date of the act does not have to file further certificates.
Patron - Armstrong

P HB1617

Appeals from order suspending or revoking license or registration. Provides that in the case of manifest injustice a person aggrieved by an order or act of the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles requiring suspension or revocation of a license is entitled to judicial review and adds that the court may order that the Commissioner modify a suspension or issue a restricted license. Manifest injustice is defined as those instances where the Commissioner's order was the result of an error, was issued without authority or jurisdiction or conflicts with a final court order. There is no appeal from the circuit court's determination. HB 1812 was incorporated into this bill.
Patron - Griffith

P HB1627

Vehicle safety inspections; fees. Increases maximum fees chargeable for inspection of (i) tractor trucks, (ii) trucks that have gross vehicle weight ratings of 26,000 pounds or more, and (iii) buses that seat more than sixteen passengers, including the driver. The new maximum fee will be $30 for inspections performed prior to July 1, 2002, and $50 for inspections performed on or after July 1, 2002. Inspection fees for other vehicles are not changed.
Patron - Black

P HB1638

Trip permits issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Eliminates the requirement that vehicles operated under trip permits issued by DMV be operated only "... between the beginning and destination points." The bill also changes the term "one-trip permits" to "trip permits" and allows issuance of these permits on the same basis, regardless of whether the trip is from an origin outside Virginia to a destination inside Virginia or wholly within Virginia.
Patron - Suit

P HB1679

Motor vehicles; license fees. Permits localities to charge an additional license fee of no more than one dollar per motor vehicle, trailer, and semi-trailer. The funds from such fees must be paid into the Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund ("Fund") for the benefit of volunteer firefighters and members of rescue squads.
Patron - Tate

P HB1806

Parking. Adds Greene County to the list of counties that may regulate parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles within its boundaries. This bill is the same as SB 958 (Couric).
Patron - Broman

P HB1817

Parking; local vehicle licenses. Adds Scott County to the list of counties authorized to regulate parking within their boundaries.
Patron - Kilgore

P HB1857

Parking in certain counties. Allows Prince William County the same powers as Fairfax County to regulate or prohibit parking of watercraft, boat trailers, motor homes, and camping trailers on any public highway in the county.
Patron - McQuigg

P HB1872

Vehicle speed and stopping distance tables. Revises the table of vehicle speeds and stopping distances contained in the Code of Virginia, according to recommendations of the Virginia Transportation Research Council.
Patron - Deeds

P HB1881

Driver's licenses; licensees less than 18 years old. Provides that it is the date of the violation, not the date of the conviction, that will subject a driver who is less than 18 years old to requirements and restrictions not applicable to drivers who are 18 years old or older.
Patron - Albo

P HB1956

All-terrain vehicles. Allows over-the-road operation of all-terrain vehicles by law-enforcement officers, firefighters, and rescue squad personnel responding to emergencies.
Patron - Louderback

P HB1958

Uncollectable electronic payments to Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). Treats uncollectable electronic payments to DMV the same way as uncollectable checks.
Patron - Rollison

P HB1959

Driver's licenses; organ donors. Eliminates the requirement that persons who want to rescind their willingness to be organ donors appear in person at a Department of Motor Vehicles office to make the change on their driver's licenses.
Patron - Rollison

P HB1962

Motor vehicle dealers; coercion by manufacturers and distributors. Prohibits certain coercive practices by motor vehicle manufacturers and distributors in connection with vehicle financing and leasing by motor vehicle dealers.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB1963

Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund. Provides that where dealer's surety is liable for claims against a dealer, the surety remains liable for the first $25,000, but the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund will be liable for the next $75,000 (instead of $50,000). In claims against the Fund involving a single transaction, the maximum claim is increased from $15,000 to $20,000 and for multiple transactions from $75,000 to $100,000. The minimum amount at which claims become prorated is increased from $50,000 to $75,000.
Patron - Wardrup

P HB2019

"Photo-toll" toll payment photo-monitoring program. Allows operators of toll facilities to send vehicle owners bills or invoices prior to pursuing other remedies provided for collecting unpaid tolls. This bill is a duplicate of SB 1291 (Mims).
Patron - May

P HB2040

Motor vehicle dealers. Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers, factory branches, distributors, distributor branches, or subsidiaries from requiring any motor vehicle dealer to waive any substantive or procedural rights afforded him by Virginia law. The bill's provision, however, does not apply to good faith settlement of disputes. This bill is the same as SB 1413 (Wampler).
Patron - Rust

P HB2046

Vehicle weight limits; liquidated damages, procedures for weighing vehicles. Increases amounts of liquidated damages imposed for overweight violations. The bill also authorizes, with the exception of certain vehicles' operation on non-interstate highways, assessment of liquidated damages based on pre-shifting axle weights when shifting of a vehicle's cargo brings it into compliance with axle weight limits. This bill is the same as SB 1097 (Mims).
Patron - Rollison

P HB2056

Speed limits. Authorizes 65-mile-per-hour speed limits, subject to traffic engineering studies, on HOV lanes that are physically separated from normal travel lanes and on highways constructed under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.
Patron - Albo

P HB2065

Clerks of court; notice of driver's license suspension for nonpayment of fines. Changes the provision that says the clerk of court must "send" notice to say that the clerk of court must "cause to be sent" notice. This change will allow the court system to have notices prepared and delivered from a central office should technology develop so that that process would be more efficient. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts.
Patron - Howell

P HB2088

Vehicle lengths and widths. Permits, under certain circumstances, over-the-road operation of travel trailers and motor homes that exceed the length and/or width limits generally applicable to vehicles on the public highways.
Patron - Plum

P HB2097

Motor vehicle warranty obligations. Provides that motor vehicle dealers shall not be charged back or otherwise liable for sales incentives or charges related to motor vehicles sold by them to purchasers other than licensed, franchised motor vehicle dealers and subsequently exported or resold, provided that such dealers can demonstrate that they exercised due diligence and that the sales were made in good faith and without knowledge of any intention to export or resell the motor vehicle. This bill is the same as SB 1013 (Williams).
Patron - Abbitt

P HB2103

School crossing guards. Allows uniformed school crossing guards to control traffic at all marked school crossings, whether at intersections or elsewhere. This bill is a duplicate of SB 1222 (Whipple).
Patron - Darner

P HB2140

Motor carrier service centers. Makes the Department of Motor Vehicles responsible for operation of permanent and mobile motor carrier service centers (weigh stations). This bill is the same as SB 1092 (Mims).
Patron - Drake

P HB2173

Use of devices on wheels or runners on certain highways. Authorizes Arlington County by ordinance to permit use of "devices on wheels or runners" (rollerskates, sleds, scooters, skateboards, etc.) on highways under the county's control.
Patron - Brink

P HB2198

Warning devices on certain vehicles. Requires self-propelled vehicles used to sell ice cream, snacks, and similar products in residential neighborhoods to be equipped with warning devices that give audible and light signals whenever the vehicle is operated in reverse gear.
Patron - Crittenden

P HB2217

Policy of the Commonwealth; use of highways by motorcycles. Prohibits closure by political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of any highway to motorcycles if public funds were used in the highway's construction. This bill is the same as SB 861 (Houck).
Patron - Stump

P HB2219

Trucks hauling gravel, sand, or crushed stone. Extends from July 1, 2001, to July 2, 2002, the "sunset" on legislation that temporarily applied coal truck weight limits to trucks hauling gravel, sand, or crushed stone in counties authorized to impose a coal severance tax.
Patron - Stump

P HB2239

Motor vehicles; penalty for failure to stop at accident. Increases from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony the penalty for the failure of a driver of a vehicle to stop at an accident.
Patron - Day

P HB2307

Motor vehicle dealers; use of surveys, etc., by manufacturers to evaluate dealership performance. Requires that any performance standard or program that is used by a manufacturer or distributor for measuring dealership performance and may have a material effect on a dealer, and the application of any such standards or program by a manufacturer or distributor, be fair, reasonable, and equitable and, if based upon a survey, be based upon a statistically valid sample. Upon the request of any dealer, a manufacturer or distributor shall disclose in writing to the dealer a description of how a performance standard or program is designed and all relevant information used in the application of the performance standard or program to that dealer. This bill is the same as SB 1133 (Marsh).
Patron - Bolvin

P HB2322

Farm-use vehicles. Allows unregistered farm-use vehicles to be operated up to 30 miles along the public highways to obtain agricultural or horticultural supplies.
Patron - Jones, S.C.

P HB2332

Motor vehicle dealers; damages caused by statutory violations. Adds a new section that allows a motor vehicle dealer to recover actual damages, court costs and attorney's fees for a statutory violation resulting in injury to its business or property. This bill is the same as SB 1095 (Mims).
Patron - Howell

P HB2379

Dissemination of criminal history record information. Authorizes dissemination of criminal history record information to DMV for the purpose of evaluating applicants for a motor carrier certificate or license.
Patron - Landes

P HB2380

Motor carriers. Revises Virginia statutes dealing with property and passenger carriers operating for-hire on an intrastate basis. The bill is based on recommendations of the Motor Carrier Reform Task Force of the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Patron - Landes

P HB2444

Parking fines; personal property taxes on vehicles. Allows local governing bodies to enter into regional compacts for the inter-jurisdictional enforcement of local parking and vehicular personal property tax ordinances.
Patron - Almand

P HB2482

Motor vehicle dealers. Prohibits manufacturers and distributors to discriminate in favor of or against particular dealers who sell the same line-make. This bill is identical to SB 1182 (Norment).
Patron - Moran

P HB2554

Operation of motor vehicles by person less than 20 years old. Requires that driver training programs include a minimum number of miles to be driven during the behind-the-wheel portion of the training; this number will be determined by the State Board of Education. The bill further provides that, to be eligible to receive a driver's license, an applicant less than 18 years old must present a certification, signed by a parent or guardian or adult spouse, that he has driven at least 40 hours (10 of them after dark) while he held a learner's permit. In addition, the bill prohibits operation of a motor vehicle between midnight and 4:00 a.m. under a learner's permit. Also, the minimum age for obtaining a learner's permit is increased from 15 years to 15 years and six months; the minimum "hold period" for a learner's permit is increased from 6 months to 9 months. As to driver's licenses, to receive a driver's license, an applicant must be at least 16 years and three months old (instead of 16 years old). Drivers less than 17 years old cannot transport more than one passenger who is less than 18 years old; drivers who are at least 17 but less than 18 years old cannot transport more than three passengers who are less than 18 years old. These limitations do not apply to members of the driver's family or household. Drivers less than 18 years old cannot drive between midnight and 4:00 a.m., except for going to or from businesses where they are employed, going to or from a school-sponsored activity, when accompanied by adult parents, guardians, or spouses, or in emergencies. Violations of the passenger restrictions and hours-of-operation restrictions are secondary offenses. Drivers who are at least 18 but less than 20 must attend driver improvement clinics if they are convicted of a moving violation, a safety belt violation, or a child restraint violation. The increase in the minimum age for issuance of a driver's licenses does not apply to persons who received learner's permits prior to July 1, 2001. This bill is identical to SB 1329 (Mims) and incorporates HB 475, HB 2283, HB 2819, and HB 2843.
Patron - O'Brien

P HB2649

Overweight permits; trucks hauling concrete. Allows weight limit extensions for trucks that haul concrete to apply to interstate highways as well as other highways, but only if the extensions are not inconsistent with federal law and will not jeopardize, bar, or reduce federal transportation funding otherwise available to the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. This bill is the same as SB 1343 (Williams).
Patron - Robinson

P HB2706

Truck covers. Requires that covers used to prevent the escape of material from commercial vehicles used to transport solid waste be of such design, installation, and construction to contain all of the vehicle's cargo within the vehicle, regardless of the vehicle's speed or weather conditions.
Patron - Morgan

P HB2754

School buses; speed limits. Allows school buses to go up to 65 mph on interstate highways where the speed limit is 65 mph.
Patron - Jackson

P SB798

License plates. Prohibits covering any portion of a vehicular license plate that indicates where the vehicle is registered and when its registration expires.
Patron - Reynolds

P SB823

License plates; reserved numbers and letters. Repeals authority for use of up to eight alpha-numeric characters on reserved-number license plates.
Patron - Potts

P SB835

P SB836

Electric power-assisted bicycles. Defines "electric power-assisted bicycle" and provides, generally, for its treatment as an ordinary bicycle, except that it is explicitly limited to speeds of no more than 25 miles per hour and is limited to unsupervised operation by persons at least 14 years old (with an allowance of operation by younger persons under the supervision of persons at least 18 years old). Batteries for electric power-assisted bicycles must be spill-proof, sealed, or gel batteries.
Patron - Watkins

P SB905

Passing a stopped school bus. Provides that for the purposes of being convicted of reckless driving or having a civil penalty imposed, the testimony of the school bus driver, the supervisor of school buses or a law-enforcement officer that the vehicle was yellow, conspicuously marked as a school bus, and equipped with warning devices as prescribed in § 46.2-1090 is prima facie evidence that the vehicle is a school bus.
Patron - Mims

P SB958

Parking. Adds Greene County to the list of counties that may regulate parking, stopping, and standing of vehicles within its boundaries. This bill is a duplicate of HB 1806 (Broman).
Patron - Couric

P SB979

Motor vehicle dealers. Allows the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board to provide discounts and other incentives to encourage its licensees to conduct their business with the Board by means of electronic technologies and for multi-year periods.
Patron - Rerras

P SB1013

P SB1092

P SB1095

P SB1097

P SB1133

Motor vehicle dealers; use of surveys, etc, by manufacturers to evaluate dealership performance. Requires that any performance standard or program that is used by a manufacturer or distributor for measuring dealership performance and may have a material effect on a dealer, and the application of any such standards or program by a manufacturer or distributor, be fair, reasonable, and equitable and, if based upon a survey, be based upon a statistically valid sample. Upon the request of any dealer, a manufacturer or distributor shall disclose in writing to the dealer a description of how a performance standard or program is designed and all relevant information used in the application of the performance standard or program to that dealer. This bill is the same as HB 2307 (Bolvin).
Patron - Marsh

P SB1150

Motor vehicles; license fees. Permits localities to charge an additional license fee of no more than one dollar on motor vehicles. The funds from such fees must be paid into the Volunteer Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund ("Fund"). The legislation clarifies that contributions to the Fund by a locality must be made on behalf of all members of the Fund who are volunteers for fire departments or rescue squads within the jurisdiction of the locality. This bill is the same as HB 1679 (Tate).
Patron - Puckett

P SB1182

Motor vehicle dealers. Prohibits manufacturers and distributors to discriminate in favor of or against particular dealers who sell the same line-make. This bill is the same as HB 2482 (Moran).
Patron - Norment

P SB1222

School crossing guards. Allows uniformed school crossing guards to control traffic at all marked school crossings, whether at intersections or elsewhere. This bill is the same as HB 2103 (Darner).
Patron - Whipple

P SB1236

Driver's licenses of minors. Provides that, where a minor's legal custodians have been awarded joint custody, both must sign a request before the Department of Motor Vehicles will cancel the minor's driver's license. If they cannot agree, one custodian may petition a Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for a determination.
Patron - Barry

P SB1291

P SB1312

Overhead highway obstructions. Requires installation of warning signs in advance of overhead highway structures that are 14 feet tall or less instead of 13 feet, 6 inches or less.
Patron - Newman

P SB1318

Commercial Motor Vehicles used to transport municipal solid waste. Allows local governing bodies to adopt ordinances to regulate commercial motor vehicles used to transport municipal solid waste by prohibiting their being parked at locations other than those specified in their ordinances and requiring leak-proof construction of their cargo compartments. The term "municipal solid waste" would have the meaning provided by regulation by the Virginia Waste Management Board. Penalties could be no more stringent than those allowed for traffic infractions (fine up to $200).
Patron - Byrne

P SB1329

Operation of motor vehicles by person less than 20 years old. Requires that driver training programs include a minimum number of miles to be driven during the behind-the-wheel portion of the training; this number will be determined by the state Board of Education. The bill further provides that, to be eligible to receive a driver's licenses, an applicant less than 18 years old must present a certification, signed by a parent or guardian or adult spouse, that he has driven at least 40 hours (10 of them after dark) while he held a learner's permit. In addition, the bill prohibits operation of a motor vehicle between midnight and 4:00 a.m. under a learner's permit. Also, the minimum age for obtaining a learner's permit is increased from 15 years to 15 years and six months; the minimum "hold period" for a learner's permit is increased from 6 months to 9 months. As to driver's licenses, to receive a driver's license, an applicant must be at least 16 years and three months old (instead of 16 years old). Drivers less than 17 years old cannot transport more than one passenger who is less than 18 years old; drivers who are at least 17 but less than 18 years old cannot transport more than three passengers who are less than 18 years old. These limitations do not apply to members of the driver's family or household. Drivers less than 18 years old cannot drive between midnight and 4:00 a.m., except for going to or from businesses where they are employed, going to or from a school-sponsored activity, when accompanied by adult parents, guardians, or spouses, or in emergencies. Violations of the passenger restrictions and hours of operation restrictions are secondary offenses. Drivers who are at least 18 but less than 20 must attend driver improvement clinics if they are convicted of a moving violation, a safety belt violation, or a child restraint violation. The increase in the minimum age for issuance of a driver's licenses does not apply to persons who received learner's permits prior to July 1, 2001. This bill is identical to HB 2554 (O'Brien) and incorporates SB 937, SB 1066, SB 1330, and SB 1357.
Patron - Mims

P SB1343

P SB1398

Funeral processions; hazard lights. Allows vehicles participating in a funeral procession to use their hazard lights (four-way flashers) to identify themselves as such.
Patron - Watkins

P SB1413

F Failed

F HB475

Nighttime driving restriction. Prohibits persons under age 18 from operating a motor vehicle between the hours of midnight and 5:00 a.m. unless they are driving to or from work or a school-sponsored activity, are driving when accompanied by a parent or spouse, or are driving in the case of an emergency. This bill conflicts with HB 2554 (O'Brien), SB 1329 (Mims), and HB 1618 (Jones, J.C.). This bill has been incorporated into SB 1329 (Mims).
Patron - Parrish

F HB1562

Mopeds. Replaces authority of localities by ordinance to require wearing of helmets, etc., by moped operators and passengers with a statute, effective statewide, to that effect. Violations are not to constitute negligence, be considered in mitigation of damages of whatever nature, be admissible in evidence or be the subject of comment by counsel in any action for the recovery of damages arising out of the operation, ownership, or maintenance of a moped or motor vehicle. The provisions of this bill are not to be construed to change any existing law, rule, or procedure pertaining to any such civil action. Violations are traffic infractions punishable by fines of not more than $50.
Patron - Parrish

F HB1570

Special license plates; members of the Izaak Walton League. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members of the Izaak Walton League. This bill incorporates HB 1570, HB 1601, HB 1614, HB 1620, HB 1622, HB 1641, HB 1651, HB 1780, HB 1787, HB 1795, HB 1844, HB 1974, HB 1986, HB 2164, HB 2191, HB 2263, HB 2263, HB 2284, HB 2556, HB 2557, HB 2560, HB 2608, HB 2609, HB 2622, HB 2648, HB 2652, and HB 2773.
Patron - Black

F HB1571

Special license plates; members of the 1600 Communications Association. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to members of the 1600 Communications Association. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Callahan

F HB1574

Special license plates; supporters of the Lynchburg Center for Independent Living. Authorizes the issuance of "revenue sharing" license plates to supporters of the Lynchburg Center for Independent Living. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Lynchburg Center for Independent Living to be used to cover the costs of its programs and operations. See HB 1641.
Patron - Bryant

F HB1598

Special license plates. Repeals authorization for issuance of special license plates as to which insufficient applications have been received within the time (three years; see subdivision 1. of subsection B of § 46.2-725) provided by law. The affected plates are those for participants in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm; those for Virginia Scuba divers and law-enforcement officers; those bearing the legends: GLOUCESTER COUNTY and HISTORIC YORKTOWN; those for members of the Disabled American Veterans organization, the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, the Old Dominion Boat Club, the State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia, and the Virginia State Firefighters Association; and those for supporters of D.A.R.E., Inc., parental involvement in local public school programs, Operation Smile, the Virginia Education Foundation, the Virginia's Western Highlands Travel Council, and the Washington D.C. United Soccer team.
Patron - Landes

F HB1614

Special license plates; persons awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to persons awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Louderback

F HB1615

Overweight vehicles. Provides for civil penalties for repeat violations of vehicle weight limits: $1,000 for a second offense within a 12-month period, $5,000 for a third offense within a 12-month period, and $10,000 for a fourth or subsequent offense within a 12-month period. These penalties are in addition to all other penalties and fees imposed or assessed for such violations, and may be assessed by the court against the operator of the vehicle, the owner or lessee of the vehicle, or the owner or consignor of the good being shipped, as the interests of justice may appear. The bill also provides for transmission to the Department of Motor Vehicles of records or abstracts of convictions for overweight violations so as to create a record of convictions that courts can use in assessing the additional penalties for repeat violations.
Patron - Robinson

F HB1618

Drivers under 18. Prohibits operation of motor vehicles by persons under 18 (i) between midnight and 5 a. m or (ii) with more than three other persons under 18 in the vehicle, unless they are members of the driver's family or household. This bill conflicts with both HB 2554 (O'Brien), SB 1329 (Mims), and HB 475 (Parrish).
Patron - Jones, J.C.

F HB1619

Vehicles owned by local governments. Allows government-owned vehicles used exclusively by chief administrative officers of local governments, at their request, to display license plates other than "local government use" license plates.
Patron - Sherwood

F HB1620

Special license plates; Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation supporters. Provides for special license plates whose design is a combination of the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation supporter special license plate design and the House of Delegates or Senate special license plate design. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Amundson

F HB1621

Special license plates: supporters of the positions of the "Million Mom March." Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the positions of the Mother's Day, 2000, "Million Mom March" for sensible gun laws and safe children.
Patron - Darner

F HB1622

Special license plates; supporters of Virginia zoos. Authorizes the issuance of "revenue sharing" license plates to supporters of Virginia zoos. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets) $15 will go, in equal shares, to the Blue Ridge Zoological Society and the Virginia Zoological Society to be spent at their discretion to support their programs and activities. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Woodrum

F HB1629

Use of wireless communications devices while driving. Prohibits use of hand-held wireless communications devices while turning on to or off of highways, from one highway to another, or entering or leaving controlled access highways.
Patron - Darner

F HB1641

Special license plates; supporters of the Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living. Authorizes the issuance of "revenue sharing" license plates to supporters of the Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the Virginia Association of Centers for Independent Living to be used to cover the costs of its programs and operations. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Bryant

F HB1646

Passing on highways. Prohibits, except for specific situations, use of left-most lane on limited access highways for anything but passing other vehicles going in the same direction.
Patron - Johnson

F HB1651

Special license plates; 173rd Airborne Brigade. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, instead of to members of the Society of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. These license plates would be exempt from minimum order requirements generally applicable to special license plates.This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Ware

F HB1672

Safety lap belts and shoulder harnesses. Provides that a law-enforcement officer may stop a vehicle for failure of the driver or passengers to wear a seatbelt. However, the officer is not allowed to search or inspect a vehicle, its contents, the driver or a passenger because of a safety belt violation alone.
Patron - Jones, J.C.

F HB1698

Disabled parking placards. Prohibits charging of fees for issuance of disabled parking placards.
Patron - Pollard

F HB1714

Special license plates; prisoner of war medal. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to persons awarded the prisoner of war medal. These license plates would be issued free of charge and would not be subject to the standard requirement for presentation of at least 350 prepaid applications prior to production and issuance.
Patron - Abbitt

F HB1725

F HB1780

Special license plates; supporters of professional motor sports. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates to supporters of professional motor sports. The annual surcharge for these plates would be $25, instead of the standard $10 for most other non-revenue-sharing special license plates. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Dudley

F HB1787

Special license plates; Soldier's Medal, Airman's Medal, and Navy/Marine Corps Medal. Authorizes issuance of special license plate to persons awarded either the Soldier's Medal, Airman's Medal, or Navy/Marine Corps Medal. All such license plates would be of a single design, would be exempt from the minimum order requirements (contained in § 46.2-725), and could be issued to unremarried surviving spouses of recipients of these medals. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Hull

F HB1795

Special license plates; soccer enthusiasts. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for soccer enthusiasts. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Jones, J.C.

F HB1812

Judicial approval for DMV revocation or suspension. This bill was incorporated in HB 1617.
Patron - Cranwell

F HB1844

Special license plates; education begins at home. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: EDUCATION BEGINS AT HOME. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Marshall

F HB1860

"Photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs. Authorizes implementation of "photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs in Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County. The bill also requires that certificates of inspection of images produced by "photo-red" monitoring systems be sworn to by law-enforcement officers, rather than by technicians or other local government employees.
Patron - McQuigg

F HB1884

Use of certain communication devices by motor vehicle drivers. Prohibits driver use of hand-held communication devices while the vehicle is in motion.
Patron - Rhodes

F HB1911

Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Records. Allows release of certain DMV records for vehicle recall, statistical, and vehicle history preparation purposes.
Patron - Rollison

F HB1912

License plates; vehicles owned by the Commonwealth. Provides that vehicles owned by the Commonwealth and used by the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will have license plates that incorporate the design of "Wildlife Conservationist" license plates, but still have a legend indicating that the vehicles are for official state use only.
Patron - Rollison

F HB1913

Special license plates; clean special fuel vehicles. Allows issuance of "clean special fuel vehicle" special license plates for use on hybrid gasoline/electric-powered motor vehicles.
Patron - Rollison

F HB1916

"Photo red" traffic light signal enforcement program. Adds Charlottesville and Albemarle County to the list of localities authorized to have "photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HB1937

Drivers less than 18 years old. Prohibits any driver under 18 from operating a motor vehicle between midnight and 5:00 a.m. or with more than two passengers under 18 who are not members of his family or household, unless he is traveling to or from school or work.
Patron - Armstrong

F HB1950

Potomac Region Transportation Development Authority. Creates the Potomac Region Transportation Development Authority, representing the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William, and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park. The Authority is empowered to issue bonds with applicable law, including the issuance of bonds and other evidences of debt, in order to finance or assist in the financing of transportation projects undertaken pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (§ 56-556 et seq.) within one or more of the Northern Virginia localities represented in the Authority.
Patron - Hull

F HB1964

Special license plates; generally. Revises the general "ground rules" under which most special license plates are issued to provide that 500 (instead of the current 350) prepaid applications would have to be received by the DMV Commissioner within two years (instead of the current three years) of authorization by the General Assembly in order for the plates to be issued. The bill also provides for payment of an administrative fee to the Commissioner by the person, organization, or group seeking the issuance of the license plates, prior to the issuance of the plates, in an amount determined by the Commissioner, not to exceed $10,000.
Patron - Wardrup

F HB1974

Special license plates; National Law-Enforcement Officers Memorial. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for supporters of the National Law-Enforcement Officers Memorial. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - McClure

F HB1986

Special license plates; unlocking autism. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: UNLOCKING AUTISM. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Black

F HB1991

Recordation of security instrument upon transfer of vehicle title. Provides that when a motor vehicle dealer places, or is required to place, a statement of a security interest on a certificate of title to a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer that has been transferred or assigned to a purchaser, the dealer may submit the properly transferred or assigned title directly to the Department of Motor Vehicles on behalf of the purchaser or transferee.
Patron - Black

F HB2058

Requirements for the use of photo-monitoring system to enforce traffic light signals. Provides that prior to considering any ordinance authorizing an authority to use a photo-monitoring system to enforce traffic light signals, also known as "photo-red," the locality must first hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution explaining that certain requirements have been met for each intersection under consideration. The bill further provides that the localities that were already authorized to use photo-red until July 1, 2005, may continue to do so until July 1, 2005. After July 1, 2005, such localities must also adopt an ordinance authorizing the use of photo-red pursuant to the requirements of this bill.
Patron - McQuigg

F HB2143

Intermodal chassis. Provides procedures for ensuring safety of intermodal chassis and containers pulled by truckers.
Patron - Drake

F HB2164

Special license plates; Virginia scuba divers. Reauthorizes issuance of special license plates. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Van Landingham

F HB2191

Special license plates; Fork Union Military Academy. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Fork Union Military Academy. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Bloxom

F HB2197

"Photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs. Adds Newport News to the list of localities authorized to establish "photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs. The bill also repeals the July 1, 2005, sunset on these demonstration programs.
Patron - Crittenden

F HB2214

Local vehicle licenses. Allows localities to issue local vehicle licenses free of charge for vehicles owned by active duty military personnel.
Patron - Barlow

F HB2218

Overweight permits; vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm or forest products. Allows vehicles used to haul Virginia-grown farm or forest products from the place where they are first produced, cut, harvested, or felled to the location where they are first processed to exceed 80,000 pounds if their owners purchase weight for the vehicles.
Patron - Stump

F HB2232

Motorcycle rider safety training courses and training centers. Provides that motorcycle rider safety training courses must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. The bill also requires DMV approval of facilities and equipment of regional motorcycle rider safety training centers and requires that the curriculum, accreditation, and geographic areas served by these centers must be approved by DMV, rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. Training centers additionally must maintain such records and provides such reports as DMV determines. See HB 1568.
Patron - Stump

F HB2263

Special license plates; Parrothead Club. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for members and supporters of the Parrothead Club. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Marshall

F HB2270

"Photo-red" traffic light signal photo-enforcement programs. Adds Blacksburg to the list of localities authorized to use a "photo-red" traffic light signal photo-enforcement program. The bill also requires installation of signs on primary and interstate highways, at or near the boundaries of localities with "photo-red" programs, indicating that compliance with traffic light signals in the locality may be monitored by photo-monitoring systems, and provides for a prima facie presumption that required signs were in place at the time of any alleged traffic light signal violations observed by the photo-monitoring system.
Patron - Shuler

F HB2275

Business, Professional and Occupational Licensing Tax (BPOL); license fees, rates and requirements. Requires localities that impose the BPOL tax to (i) eliminate license fees by January 1, 2004, (ii) exempt the first $100,000 of gross receipts from taxation by January 1, 2004, and (iii) reduce the several different rates currently in the Code to a flat rate of 20 cents per $100 of gross receipts for license years beginning on and after January 1, 2004.
Patron - Shuler

F HB2283

Learner's permits. Requires licensed drivers accompanying persons driving under learner's permits to be "alert and able to assist the driver." This bill has been incorporated into HB 2554.
Patron - Barlow

F HB2284

Special license plates; Soldier's Medal recipients. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to recipients of the Soldier's Medal and their unremarried surviving spouses. See HB 1787. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Barlow

F HB2295

Commercial driver training schools. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide for toll-free access to its Customer Contact Center to receive complaints against commercial driver training schools and instructors. The bill also requires that commercial driver training schools conspicuously post signs indicating the telephone number of the Customer Contract Center, and include this information in their contracts and enrollment forms as well. The DMV Commissioner is authorized to provide for details of these signs, contracts, and enrollment forms by regulation.
Patron - Brink

F HB2381

Drivers less than 18 years old. Prohibits any driver under 18 who is driving under a learner's permit or has held his driver's license for less than 12 months from operating a motor vehicle between sunset and sunrise or using a hand-held wireless communication device while his vehicle is in motion.
Patron - Rhodes

F HB2398

Accident reports. Increases the minimal damage for reportability of motor vehicle accidents from the present $1,000 threshold to $2,500.
Patron - Tata

F HB2400

Motor vehicles; failure to stop upon signal by police officer. Provides for the mandatory suspension of a person's driver's license for failing to stop, driving in willful disregard, or escaping or eluding a police officer after the officer has given a visible or audible signal.
Patron - Tata

F HB2413

Possession of open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; penalty. Provides that it is unlawful for any person, knowingly or intentionally, to possess any alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle upon a public highway or the right-of-way thereof in other than the manufacturer's unopened, original container. If the seal on a container of an alcoholic beverage is broken or some of the contents have been removed, the container is presumed to be open. The penalty for a violation is a $25 civil penalty.
Patron - May

F HB2507

Failure to wear seat belt partial bar to recovery of damages. Provides that failure to wear a seat belt while in a moving motor vehicle is negligence. The bill also provides that the fact that a person in a motor vehicle involved in an accident failed to wear a seat belt shall not bar recovery for an injury to or death of such person, nor for an injury to or the destruction of property in his charge, but the failure of the person to wear a seat belt may be considered in mitigation of damages.
Patron - Reid

F HB2508

Motorcycles; helmets. Limits the application of the "motorcycle helmet law" to operators and passengers less than 18 years old.
Patron - Reid

F HB2518

Vision examinations for issuance or renewal of driver's licenses. Repeals authority of the DMV Commissioner to waive vision tests for applicants for driver's license renewals.
Patron - Reid

F HB2556

Special license plates; supporters of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation, etc. Authorizes issuance of special license plates (i) for members of Rotary International, supporters of the Virginia War Memorial Foundation and (ii) bearing the legend "Home of the Internet." The bill also re-authorizes "Historic Yorktown" special license plates. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - O'Brien

F HB2557

Special license plates; Rotary International. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for members of Rotary International. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. See HB 2556. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - O'Brien

F HB2560

Special license plates; Home of the Internet. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: HOME OF THE INTERNET. See HB 2556. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - O'Brien

F HB2562

Driver improvement clinics. Prohibits persons who are directed to driver improvement clinics by a court or by the DMV Commissioner to attend more than one such clinic via the Internet.
Patron - O'Brien

F HB2584

Special license plates; I SUPPORT EDUCATION. Authorizes the issuance of "revenue sharing" license plates bearing the legend: I SUPPORT EDUCATION. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to the local school division of the locality in which the vehicle is registered to be spent as the division's School Board determines.
Patron - Byron

F HB2600

Fog lights. Allows use of fog lights only at times when the law requires use of headlights.
Patron - Phillips

F HB2608

Special license plates; clergy. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: CLERGY. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Putney

F HB2609

Special license plates; Rotary International. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for members of Rotary International. The bill also re-authorizes "Historic Yorktown" license plates. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Devolites

F HB2622

Special license plates; Holstein dairy cow. Authorizes issuance of special license plates depicting a Holstein dairy cow. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Weatherholtz

F HB2648

Special license plates; supporters of Deep Creek High School. Authorizes the issuance of "revenue sharing" license plates to supporters of Deep Creek High School. For each set of plates issued (after the first 1,000 sets), $15 will go to Deep Creek High School to be used to support its operation, programs, and activities.This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Jones, S.C.

F HB2652

Special license plates; clergy. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: CLERGY. See HB 2608. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Spruill

F HB2689

Safety belts in school buses. Requires school buses purchased by, or for use by, any school or school division on or after January 1, 2003, to be equipped with safety belts or safety belts and shoulder harnesses of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police. The Board of Education must adopt policies, guidelines, and regulations to ensure that all passengers, including the driver, wear these belts or harnesses or both whenever the bus is in motion.
Patron - Spruill

F HB2713

Stop signs; yield right-of-way signs; traffic light signals. Makes failure to obey stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, or traffic light signals a Class 3 misdemeanor (fine up to $500) instead of a traffic infraction (fine up to $200).
Patron - Orrock

F HB2724

Special license plate; Virginia Wildlife Federation. Reauthorizes issuance of special license plate bearing the legend: VIRGINIA WILDLIFE FEDERATION.
Patron - Rollison

F HB2773

Special license plates; Air Medal recipients. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to recipients of the Air Medal. Standard provisions as to minimum orders, etc., would apply to these plates. This bill has been incorporated into HB 1570.
Patron - Katzen

F HB2809

Drivers under 18 years old. Prohibits use of wireless communications devices by drivers under 18 years old while their vehicles are in motion.
Patron - Bolvin

F HB2810

Drivers under 18 years old. Provides additional penalties for motor vehicle "moving violations" committed by drivers less than 18 years old: for a first offense, 30-day suspension of driving privilege; for a second offense, 90-day suspension; for a third or subsequent offense, six-month suspension. In addition, these drivers would also be prohibited from driving between midnight and 5 a.m. until they turn 18. However, if the offense is reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the suspension will last until the person turns 18. All suspensions are to run consecutively to any suspension imposed by a court for the offense itself.
Patron - Bolvin

F HB2811

Learner's permits. Increases the minimum age for learner's permits from 15 years to 15 years, six months. The bill also requires that applicants for driver's licenses who are under 18 years old must have certification from a parent or guardian that they have had at least 25 hours of driving experience, at least five of which were at night.
Patron - Bolvin

F HB2819

Learner's permits. Increases the minimum age for obtaining a learner's permit from 15 years to 15 years, six months. This bill has been incorporated into HB 2554 (O'Brien).
Patron - Scott

F HB2843

Driving age; limitations on drivers under 18. Increases from 15 to 15 and one-half the minimum age for issuance of learner's permits; increases from 16 to 16 and one-half the minimum age for issuance of driver's license; increases from 16 to 16 and one-half the minimum age for limited over-the-road operation of golf carts. The bill also prohibits persons under 18 from driving between midnight and 5:00 a.m. except to and from his place of employment or during the course of his employment, or transporting more than three other persons under 18 (unless they are members of his family or household). Persons under 18 who are married or otherwise emancipated would not be subject to this latter restriction. This bill has been incorporated into HB 2554 (O'Brien).
Patron - O'Bannon

F HB2866

Special license plates. Repealing section providing for special license plates for members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Patron - McEachin

F SB786

Special license plates; supporters of the Girl Scouts of America. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Girl Scouts of America. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Puckett

F SB787

Motorcycle rider safety training courses and training centers. Provides that motorcycle rider safety training courses must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. The bill also requires DMV approval of facilities and equipment of regional motorcycle rider safety training centers and requires that the curriculum, accreditation, and geographic areas served by these centers must be approved by DMV, rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. Training centers additionally must maintain such records and provides such reports as DMV determines. This bill has been incorporated into SB 835.
Patron - Puckett

F SB788

Motorcycle rider safety training courses and training centers. Provides that motorcycle rider safety training courses must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. The bill also requires DMV approval of facilities and equipment of regional motorcycle rider safety training centers and requires that the curriculum, accreditation, and geographic areas served by these centers must be approved by DMV, rather than meet the requirements of DMV regulations. Training centers additionally must maintain such records and provides such reports as DMV determines. This bill has been incorporated into SB 835.
Patron - Houck

F SB811

Special license plates; Supporters of the Shenandoah National Park Association. Authorizes issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Shenandoah National Park Association. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Potts

F SB819

Special license plates; Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Authorizes issuance of special license plates for supporters of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA). Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Whipple

F SB846

"Photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement program. Adds Charlottesville and Albemarle County to the list of localities authorized to have "photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs.
Patron - Couric

F SB910

F SB937

Drivers less than eighteen years old. Prohibits any driver under 18 from operating a motor vehicle between midnight and 5:00 a.m. or with more than two passengers under 18 who are not members of his family or household, unless he is traveling to or from school or work. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1329 (Mims).
Patron - Howell

F SB947

"Photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs. Adds Albemarle, James City, Prince William, and York Counties and the cities of Charlottesville, Hampton, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Newport News to the list of localities authorized to have "photo-red" traffic light signal enforcement programs. The bill also requires that certificates of inspection of images produced by "photo-red" monitoring systems be sworn to by law-enforcement officers, rather than by technicians or other local government employees.
Patron - Colgan

F SB991

F SB1010

Special license plates; recipients of the Air Medal or Air Medal with "V" for valor. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for recipients of the Air Medal or Air Medal with "V" for valor. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill incorporates SB 786, SB 811, SB 819, SB 991, SB 1054, SB 1316, SB 1338, and SB 1379.
Patron - Williams

F SB1041

Safety lap belts and shoulder harnesses. Amends the law to allow a law-enforcement officer to stop a vehicle for failure of the driver or passengers to wear a seatbelt. However, the officer is not allowed to search or inspect a vehicle, its contents, the driver or a passenger because of a violation of this section alone.
Patron - Stolle

F SB1054

Special license plates; supporters of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Foundation; supporters of The Mariners' Museum. Changes references to "supporters of the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Foundation" to "supporters of The Mariners' Museum." A portion of the revenues derived from these plates (once a minimum of 1,000 sets have been sold) would still be used exclusively to further the development and operation of the USS Monitor Center at The Mariners' Museum. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Williams

F SB1066

Learner's permits. Requires licensed drivers accompanying persons driving under learner's permits to be "alert and able to assist the driver." This bill hass been incorporated into SB 1329 (Mims).
Patron - Quayle

F SB1108

F SB1113

F SB1131

Driving age. Increase from 15 to 16 the minimum age for issuance of learner's permits; increases from 16 to 17 the minimum age for issuance of driver's license; increases from 16 to 17 the minimum age for limited over-the-road operation of golf carts.
Patron - Marsh

F SB1194

Intermodal chassis. Provides procedures for ensuring safety of intermodal chassis and containers pulled by truckers.
Patron - Forbes

F SB1220

Pedestrians. Eliminates the requirement that pedestrians shall not carelessly or maliciously interfere with traffic. The bill also requires that (i) pedestrians cross highways only at intersections or marked crosswalks; (ii) when pedestrians cross highways other than at intersections or marked crosswalks, they must yield the right-of-way to vehicles in the roadway; (iii) pedestrians who cross highways at locations where pedestrian tunnels or overpasses are provided must yield the right-of-way to vehicles on the roadway; (iv) pedestrians shall not cross intersections diagonally except in localities where the practice is allowed by local ordinance; and (v) drivers of vehicles exercise due diligence in not colliding with pedestrians.
Patron - Whipple

F SB1238

Driver's licenses; licensure of persons 70 years old or older. Provides that the vision examination cannot be waived for persons who are 70 years old or older. The bill also replaces the term "visual examination" with "vision examination."
Patron - Barry

F SB1274

Over-dimensional loads. Grants vehicles hauling over-dimensional loads and travelling under police or sheriff's escort the right-of-way and prohibits interference with them by other vehicles or their operators. The bill also requires use of flashing high-intensity amber warning lights on over-dimensional vehicles of loads traveling under excessive size permits.
Patron - Wagner

F SB1279

Vehicle license plates. Provides for only one license plate on registered vehicles.
Patron - Wagner

F SB1314

Vehicle safety inspections; fees. Allows safety inspection stations to set their own fees for inspections, provided the fees are fair and reasonable, based on the service provided, and do not exceed $20 for inspection of a passenger car or $50 for inspection of a truck or passenger bus ($30 until July 1, 2002).
Patron - Barry

F SB1316

Special license plates; historic covered bridges. Authorizes issuance of special license plates bearing the legend: HISTORIC COVERED BRIDGES. Standard requirements as to fees and minimum number of applications required, contained in § 46.2-725, apply to license plates authorized by this bill. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Quayle

F SB1330

Driving age. Increases from 15 to 15 and one-half the minimum age for issuance of learner's permits; increases from 16 to 16 and one-half the minimum age for issuance of driver's license. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1329 (Mims).
Patron - Mims

F SB1338

Special license plates; 173rd Airborne Brigade. Authorizes issuance of special license plates to members and former members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, instead of to members of the Society of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. These license plates would be exempt from minimum order requirements generally applicable to special license plates. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Martin

F SB1357

Restricted driver's licenses for person who are 18 or 19 years old. Requires persons who are 18 or 19 to attend driver improvement clinics if they have been convicted of a motor vehicle offense for which demerit points are assessable, a safety belt offense, or a child restraint offense. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1329 (Mims).
Patron - Mims

F SB1376

Official bus and trolley museum of the Commonwealth. Designates the Commonwealth Coach and Trolley Museum, Inc., located in the City of Roanoke, the official bus and trolley museum of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Edwards

F SB1379

Special license plates; notaries public. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for notaries public. This bill has been incorporated into SB 1010.
Patron - Maxwell

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