Non-conventional vehicles; titling and registration of mopeds, etc. (HB1984)
Introduced By
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Unconventional vehicles. Provides for the titling and registration of mopeds and distinctive license plates for low-speed vehicles. The bill also requires a moped operator to carry government-issued photo identification and wear a face shield, safety glasses, or goggles if his moped is not equipped with safety glass or a windshield. It also makes sales of all-terrain vehicles, off-road motorcycles, and mopeds subject to the same taxes as the sale of other motor vehicles and makes mopeds subject to the tangible personal property tax. The bill, too, replaces the term "scooter" with "foot-scooter" and makes other largely technical changes based upon recommendations made by DMV after a year-long study of Virginia's laws relating to unconventional vehicles. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101753D |
01/09/2013 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/11/2013 | Assigned Transportation sub: #3 |
01/15/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 0-N) |
01/17/2013 | Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
01/17/2013 | Committee substitute printed 13104022D-H1 |
01/17/2013 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
01/17/2013 | Assigned App. sub: Transportation |
01/18/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1984) |
01/28/2013 | Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education |
01/28/2013 | Subcommittee recommends no action (7-Y 0-N) |
01/28/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1984H1) |
01/28/2013 | Assigned App. sub: Transportation |
01/30/2013 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) |
01/30/2013 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2013 | Committee substitute printed 13104760D-H2 |
02/01/2013 | Read first time |
02/03/2013 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1984H2) |
02/04/2013 | Read second time |
02/04/2013 | Committee on Transportation substitute rejected 13104022D-H1 |
02/04/2013 | Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 13104760D-H2 |
02/04/2013 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1984H2 |
02/05/2013 | Pending question ordered |
02/05/2013 | Read third time and defeated by House (43-Y 56-N) |
02/05/2013 | VOTE: DEFEATED (43-Y 56-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2013 | Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House |
02/05/2013 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
02/05/2013 | Rereferred to Transportation |
02/05/2013 | Left in Transportation |
Comments
Pass. The increased number of mopeds and other unconventional vehicles on the road has skyrocketed over the past 5 years, and there need to be some regulations for both the safety of riders and other vehicles as well as accountability for those that drive unsafely or illegally.