Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 884: Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 884 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Primary sponsor: Vivian Watts (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Vehicle exhaust systems; inspection and administrative fee. Prohibits passenger car exhaust systems from emitting noise in excess of 95 decibels in Planning District 8 on any highway; 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 car 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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Watts | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 14 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N)
- Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- Reported from Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
- Impact statement from DPB (HB884H1)
- Referred to Committee on Transportation
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N)
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB884H1
- Committee substitute agreed to 24105951D-H1
- Read second time
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