Virginia Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: enacted. Latest action: April 13, 2026.
Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones, workers present.
Photo speed monitoring devices; highway work zones; workers present. Limits the use of photo speed monitoring devices in highway work zones to when workers are present, as defined in the bill. The bill 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 photographs, microphotographs, videotapes, or other recorded images or documentation on which it is based depict or confirm, or the operator of the photo speed monitoring device provides a sworn certification verifying, that workers were present and visible in any direction from the location of such device at the time of the vehicle speed violation.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-13 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-04-13 | Latest Action | Approved by Governor-Chapter 970 (effective 7/1/2026) |