Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2256: Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 2256 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Motor vehicle accident; increases damage threshold. Primary sponsor: Michelle Lopes Maldonado. Most recent recorded action (March 21, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255).
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Report of motor vehicle accident; damage threshold. Increases from $1,500 to $3,000 the property damage threshold at which law enforcement is required to forward a written report of a motor vehicle accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michelle Lopes Maldonado | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0255)
- Approved by Governor-Chapter 255 (Effective 07/01/25)
- Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- Signed by President
- Signed by Speaker
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2256)
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER)
- Enrolled
- Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N)
- Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- Passed by for the day
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