Virginia House Bill 1703 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions. Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle and removes the accompanying exclusionary provisions.

Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses.

Sen. Tara Durant [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-23	House	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2023-01-13	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1380-Campbell, R.R.) by voice vote
2023-01-12	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103718D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1003	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1013	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1014	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1014.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1030	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1049	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1051	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1052	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1054	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1703
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1703+hil