# Virginia HB994: Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. Virginia HB994, Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Holly M. Seibold (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB994-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB994 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968) - Sponsor: Holly M. Seibold (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 17 (357 yes, 238 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary Photo speed monitoring devices; placement and operation. Authorizes the governing body of any locality to provide by ordinance for the placement and operation of a photo speed monitoring device by a law-enforcement agency in a safety red zone, defined in the bill, for the purpose of recording vehicle speed violations in such safety red zone. The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and requires summonses issued for such vehicle speed violations to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of photo speed monitoring devices, including the use of funds from collected civil penalties, signage, data retention and storage, photo speed monitoring device calibration, making certain information available to the public, requirements for private vendors, and reporting. The bill establishes civil penalties for violations of requirements and provides that for any summons issued, failure to comply with the requirements for the operation of photo speed monitoring devices renders such summons invalid.The bill also limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill, and provides that a certificate sworn to or affirmed by a law-enforcement officer or a retired sworn law-enforcement officer is not prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein for a photo speed monitoring device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the vehicle speed violation.The bill directs the Commissioner of Highways to develop criteria for designating a highway segment as a high-risk pedestrian corridor for purposes of identifying safety red zones.The bill contains delayed effective dates for certain provisions. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Drivers get warnings and summons protections: benefit, low. Cameras newly placed after July 1, 2026, require mailed warnings instead of summonses during their first 30 days of operation. No civil penalty applies through mailed enforcement during that period, but officers may still issue summonses in person. Courts must dismiss camera summonses issued withou… - Drivers’ camera records face shorter retention: benefit, low. Agencies must erase camera information about a specific violation and make it unrecoverable within 21 days of capture. If a summons is issued, agencies may keep the information until the penalty is collected or the civil matter is finally resolved. - Drivers get signs and camera safeguards: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2027, agencies must post at least two clear signs within 1,000 feet from any direction of monitored locations. This covers school crossings, highway work zones, pedestrian safety red zones, and high-risk intersection segments. At least one sign must display vehicle speed. Law-enfo… - Camera money supports costs and road safety: benefit, low. For summonses issued after July 1, 2026, by state police employees, penalties fund agreed compensation and actual program costs. Any excess goes to the Commonwealth Transportation Board for the Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program. Penalties from all camera summonses at high-risk intersectio… - Drivers face cameras at more high-risk roads: mixed, low. The law allows speed cameras at high-risk road segments within 1,000 feet of school property. Segments must be part of or next to an intersection with a marked crosswalk, with a police-certified traffic fatality since January 1, 2014. Planning District 8 localities may approve cameras by ordinance… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Holly M. Seibold (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-13 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 60 | 34 | | | 2026-03-13 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 23 | 15 | | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Senate substitute rejected by House | fail | 1 | 97 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Reconsideration of Defeated action by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Defeated by Senate | fail | 19 | 21 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute | pass | 23 | 17 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-11 | Senate | Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 37 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-03-09 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 9 | 5 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Continued to 2027 in Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2026-02-26 | Senate | Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 11 | 1 | 2 | | 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 59 | 38 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Reported from Transportation with substitute | pass | 14 | 7 | | | 2026-02-10 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 7 | 3 | | ## Actions (54) - 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0968) (Governor) - 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor - Chapter 968 (effective - see bill) (Governor) - 2026-04-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB994) (House) - 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB994ER) (House) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-13: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 15-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-13: Conference Report released - 2026-03-12: House Conferees: Seibold, Simon, Phillips (House) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2026-03-12: House acceded to request (House) - 2026-03-12: Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-12: Senate insisted on substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate Conferees: Williams Graves, Jones, Diggs (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Senate requested conference committee (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Reconsideration of Defeated action by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Defeated by Senate (19-Y 21-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Committee substitute printed 26109546D-S2 (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-27: Committee substitute printed 26108722D-S1 (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate committee offered (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Senate committee offered (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 1-N 2-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB994) (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended (House) - 2026-02-16: Delegate Seibold Floor amendment agreed to (House) - 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-02-16: Read second time (House) - 2026-02-16: Floor Offered (House) - 2026-02-15: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-12: Committee substitute printed 26107622D-H1 (House) - 2026-02-12: Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 7-N) (House) - 2026-02-10: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-02-10: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) (House) - 2026-01-22: Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) (House) - 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105154D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224883.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224882.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213631.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213630.PDF) - Conference Report, 2026-03-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210135.HTML) - Substitute, 2026-03-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210132.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210131.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-03-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203886.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203885.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186752.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186751.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1183071.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1183070.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149261.HTML) - Engrossed, 2026-02-16: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149989.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149988.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143379.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143378.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-10: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1138910.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139371.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1138909.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139370.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086826.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086825.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. 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Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB994-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).