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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 776: Law-enforcement officers, state and local; enforcement of federal traffic violations in Northern Va.

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 776 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on December 24, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Law-enforcement officers, state and local; enforcement of federal traffic violations in Northern Va. Primary sponsor: Scott Surovell (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 13, 2025): Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 14-N).

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.

Enforcement of federal traffic violations by state and local law-enforcement officers; photo speed monitoring devices; Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). Provides that state and local law-enforcement officers may enforce federal traffic violations on any highway within Planning District 8. The bill also provides that a state or local law-enforcement agency may place and operate a photo speed monitoring device on a National Park highway, as defined in the bill, for the purposes of recording vehicle speed violations, provided that such law-enforcement agency has been authorized by the federal government or the National Park Service to place such photo speed monitoring device on such National Park highway.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Scott SurovellPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate34

“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. Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 14-N)
  2. Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N 1-A)
  3. Assigned Trans sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
  4. Referred to Committee on Transportation
  5. Read first time
  6. Placed on Calendar
  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB776)
  8. Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
  9. Printed as engrossed 25100831D-E
  10. Engrossed by Senate as amended
  11. Transportation Amendment agreed to
  12. Reading of amendment waived

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

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