Transportation

Thursday, February 12, 2026·48m·▶ Watch / Listen

The House Committee on Transportation advanced a sweeping package of automated traffic enforcement bills — including contested photo speed monitoring and stop sign camera legislation — while also acting on driver's license reforms, special license plates, and transportation network company regulations. The most contested measures, HB 994 and HB 1220, passed over the named opposition of Delegate Betsy B. Carr, who objected to a sovereign immunity waiver provision.

Key Actions

·HB 200 – Delegate McQuinn's Bill (Referred to Appropriations)No Vote

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Controversies

Sovereign immunity waiver in HB 994 and HB 1220

Betsy B. Carr stated she would register no votes on both HB 994 and HB 1220, citing concerns about the sovereign immunity waiver language, noting 'there's some conversations underway to kind of make sure that what that phrase did in the bill is still carried out, but maybe using different language.' Madam Chair (patron of HB 1220) responded that she is 'committed to continue to work with localities on addressing that' but argued that 'at this moment in time, there is no one that would be held accountable for a violation of this law and stand there.'

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Notable Quotes

“My bill, which is coming up next, has all of these provisions. We put every provision in my House Bill 1220 into Delegate Siebold's bill just to ensure mine is what I'm considering. The guardrails bill. It does not affect the expansion of speed cameras or where they can go, but to ensure the guardrails.”
Madam Chair (patron of HB 1220) — Madam Chair was explaining to the full committee the relationship between HB 994, a bill expanding photo speed monitoring devices, and her own HB 1220, which she described as establishing guardrails for speed camera use without expanding where cameras can be placed.

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Votes

Reconsider HB 200 and HB 1231 (procedural block)Passed

Report and refer HB 200 to Appropriations with substituteNo Vote

Report and refer HB 1231 to Appropriations (motion by David A. Reid)No Vote

Report HB 811No Vote

Report HB 911 with substituteNo Vote

Report HB 1224 with amendmentsNo Vote

Report HB 1339 with amendmentsNo Vote

Report HB 1344No Vote

Continue HB 1371 to 2027No Vote

Report HB 1386 with amendmentsNo Vote

Strike HB 1494 from docketNo Vote

Strike HB 1399 from docketNo Vote

Report HB 564 with amendmentsNo Vote

Report HB 684No Vote

Report HB 994 with substituteNo Vote

Adopt technical amendment to HB 1220 (add comma after 'Virginia' on line 235 of substitute)Passed

Report HB 1220 with substitute as amendedNo Vote

Report HB 1273 with substituteNo Vote

Report HB 1330 with substituteNo Vote

AdjournPassed

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TranscriptPreview

Good morning, everyone. House Committee on Transportation will come to order. The clerk will open the roll for attendance. Please. Log your attendance, and the clerk will close the roll. We have a quorum. All right, getting into our agenda today, we have a couple of items that we're going to need. Motions to reconsider. These bills were reported out of the subcommittee at a previous or. I'm sorry. These bills were reported out of the full committee at a previous meeting. However, they both do need to go to transfer to Appropriations. And we. So we. If I could hear a motion to reconsider, can this be done in block, or do we need to do them one at a time? Mr. Clerk, it can be done. Okay, so we can do this in block. So if we could hear a motion to reconsider the vote on these bills. Is that. Is that on House Bill 231? Yes. So we're. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm looking at this. Assuming everyone sees the same paper I do. So I'll. Here we go. House Bill 200, which is Delegate McQuinn's bill, and House Bill 1231, which is my bill. We will…

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