Virginia Senate Bill 623 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-06 - Incorporated by Transportation
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Handheld speed monitoring devices. Authorizes the Department of State Police and local law-enforcement agencies to operate handheld photo speed monitoring devices, defined in the bill, in or around highway work zones for the purpose of recording images of vehicles that are traveling at speeds of at least 12 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone speed limit within such highway work zone when (i) workers are present, (ii) such highway work zone is indicated by conspicuously placed signs displaying the maximum speed limit and the use of such handheld photo speed monitoring device, and (iii) a law-enforcement vehicle is present and displaying blue lights. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle shall be liable for a monetary civil penalty, not to exceed $125, if such vehicle is found to be traveling at speeds of at least 12 miles per hour above the posted highway work zone speed limit by the handheld photo speed monitoring device, but that the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency.

Handheld speed monitoring devices; DSP and local police may operate in highway work zone.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Transportation (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Transportation (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-06	Senate	Incorporated by Transportation
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103306D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	882	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	882.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB623
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB623+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S11V0049+SB0623
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S11V0059+SB0623