VA SB714 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger vehicle exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on a highway; any driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business; any governmental property open to the public; any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; and any highway under construction or not yet open to the public. Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger vehicle exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on a highway; any driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business; any governmental property open to the public; any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; and any highway under construction or not yet open to the public. The bill allows, in Planning District 8, a law-enforcement officer to stop a passenger vehicle he determines is emitting exhaust system noise in excess of such limit and issue a notice of an administrative fee of $250 to be assessed at the time of the vehicle's next registration renewal and establishes a process for inspecting such vehicle. The bill has a contingent effective date of January 1, 2025, provided that the Department of Environmental Quality has received the necessary funding to supply the necessary equipment for such vehicle exhaust system inspections to inspection stations. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2027.
Title
Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24106699D-S1 |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A) |
| 2024-01-19 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 2024-01-19 | Senate | Presented and ordered printed 24105094D |
