# Virginia SB84: Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report. Virginia SB84, Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0967)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB84-2026 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB84 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Photo speed monitoring devices, etc.; placement and operation, civil penalty, report. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-12-30 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0967) - Sponsor: Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Transportation - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 11 (268 yes, 104 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 8 ## Summary Photo speed monitoring devices, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems; placement and operation; violation enforcement; civil penalties. Authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems in school crossing zones, highway work zones, and high-risk speed corridors for purposes of recording pedestrian crossing and stop sign violations, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill requires local law-enforcement agencies implementing or expanding the use of pedestrian crossing violation and stop sign violation monitoring systems, prior to the implementation or expansion of such systems, to conduct a public awareness program for such implementation or expansion.The bill directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to develop a summons for vehicle speed violations captured by photo speed monitoring devices and violations captured by the other devices authorized by this bill and requires summonses issued for such violations captured by such devices to be such summons. The bill makes various changes to the requirements for the use of these 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 such devices renders such summons invalid and requires courts to dismiss such summons.The bill also limits the use of such 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 device placed in a highway work zone unless the operator of the photo speed monitoring device, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring system, or stop sign violation monitoring system, respectively, provides a sworn certification verifying that workers were present at the time of the violation. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Lower fee limits for camera tickets: benefit, low. Vendors cannot base their pay on violation counts or penalties, and must protect vehicle-owner data. Their only added charges are reasonable postage and an electronic-payment fee capped at 5% of the penalty. Vendors paid to calibrate speed devices must follow the contracting police agency’s standar… - Drivers get clearer traffic camera signs: benefit, low. Agencies using crossing or stop-sign monitoring must post at least two clear signs within 1,000 feet of covered locations. The signs must say monitoring is in use. Beginning July 1, 2027, speed-camera locations at school crossings, work zones, and high-risk intersection segments require at least tw… - Residents get camera notices and reviews: benefit, low. Local police must run public awareness programs before starting or expanding crossing or stop-sign monitoring. Agencies must post online instructions for paying or challenging penalties, offer answers to questions, and announce changes, including new locations. A vendor website link can satisfy thi… - Stronger safeguards for private motorist records: benefit, low. DMV generally needs a written agreement before releasing protected records, unless a legal exception applies. Requesters must identify a legally permitted purpose, and agreements must limit access, use, and further sharing to that purpose. State Police cannot obtain records through their informatio… - Traffic penalties fund monitoring and safety: benefit, low. Penalties from local officers’ summonses support local monitoring programs, with excess money funding listed traffic-safety projects. Safety spending gives priority to work zones, high-risk intersection segments, and school crossing zones. For State Police officers’ summonses issued after July 1, 2… - More traffic cameras and driver penalties: cost, low. Virginia police can use speed cameras in school crossing zones and highway work zones with workers present. Cameras are also allowed at qualifying high-risk intersections: segments within 1,000 feet of school property, at or beside a marked-crosswalk intersection. Police must certify a traffic fata… - Camera data sharing with privacy limits: mixed, low. DMV must give qualifying monitoring operators working for government the owner’s name, address, and vehicle description, title, and registration data. Monitoring systems can collect only needed information and use it only to enforce the related violations. The law limits public access, sale, sharin… - Driver ticket protections and responsibility rules: mixed, low. A mailed summons presumes the vehicle’s owner, lessee, or renter was driving. You can rebut this by naming the driver under oath or showing a qualifying certified police report of prior theft. Mailed penalties are not operator convictions and cannot affect driving records or motor-vehicle insurance… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-12 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate | pass | 22 | 17 | | | 2026-03-12 | House | Passed House with substitute | pass | 63 | 35 | | | 2026-03-11 | House | Passed House with substitute | pass | 67 | 32 | | | 2026-03-05 | House | Reported from Transportation with substitute | pass | 17 | 4 | | | 2026-03-03 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 8 | 2 | | | 2026-02-13 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 27 | 11 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-10 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute | pass | 13 | 0 | 2 | | 2026-01-15 | Senate | Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 11 | 3 | | ## Actions (47) - 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0967) (Governor) - 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 967 (Effective - see bill) (Governor) - 2026-04-01: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84) (Senate) - 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 (Senate) - 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB84ER) (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Enrolled (Senate) - 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-12: House substitute agreed to by Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-12: Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-12: Delegate Seibold Floor amendment withdrawn (House) - 2026-03-12: Read third time (House) - 2026-03-12: Floor Offered (House) - 2026-03-12: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84) (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Passed by for the day (House) - 2026-03-11: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2026-03-11: Passed House with substitute (67-Y 32-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-11: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House) - 2026-03-11: committee substitute agreed to (House) - 2026-03-11: Read third time (House) - 2026-03-10: Passed by for the day (House) - 2026-03-09: Reconsideration of motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (House) - 2026-03-09: Rereferred to Transportation (House) - 2026-03-09: Motion to rerefer to Transportation agreed to (House) - 2026-03-09: Read second time (House) - 2026-03-05: Committee substitute printed 26109062D-H1 (House) - 2026-03-05: Reported from Transportation with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (House) - 2026-03-03: House subcommittee offered (House) - 2026-03-03: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) (House) - 2026-02-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB84) (Senate) - 2026-02-20: Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Transportation (House) - 2026-02-18: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2026-02-13: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 11-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Read second time (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee substitute printed 26107414D-S1 (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) (Senate) - 2025-12-30: Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate) - 2025-12-30: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100916D (Senate) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224859.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224858.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213335.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213334.PDF) - Amendment, 2026-03-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208071.HTML) - Substitute, 2026-03-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196349.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196348.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-03-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191868.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191560.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191867.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191559.PDF) - Substitute, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139484.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139483.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-12-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082255.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082254.PDF) ## Related bills - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) - HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed) - HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224859.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1224858.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213335.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213334.PDF) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208071.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196349.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196348.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191868.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191560.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191867.PDF) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191559.PDF) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139484.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139483.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082255.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082254.PDF) ## Related - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB95: Va. 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-SB84-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).