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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 226: Highway use fee; DMV to convene work group to determine tiered flat rate system, report.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 226 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Highway use fee; DMV to convene work group to determine tiered flat rate system, report. Primary sponsor: Travis Hackworth (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Department of Motor Vehicles; highway use fee; tiered flat rate system; work group; report. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group to determine the feasibility of implementing a tiered flat rate system to accurately determine the correct amount of highway use fee to be charged at the point of sale of a motor vehicle. The bill directs the work group to complete its work and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate and House Committees on Transportation no later than November 15, 2024.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Travis HackworthPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Appropriations
  2. Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  3. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  4. Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N)
  5. Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  7. Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
  8. Referred to Committee on Rules
  9. Read first time
  10. Placed on Calendar
  11. Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  12. Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source