Transportation

in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 545: Motorcycle Driver Improvement Clinic Fund; created.

Driver improvement clinics; motorcycle driver improvement clinics; Motorcycle Driver Improvement Clinic Fund; created. Creates motorcycle driver improvement clinics, defined in the bill, as a subset of existing driver improvement clinics and provides requirements and parameters for the instruction and administration of the motorcycle driver improvement clinics. The bill authorizes courts to direct defendants who have committed violations while operating a motorcycle to attend a motorcycle driver improvement clinic and satisfy the requirements thereof. The bill also creates the Motorcycle Driver Improvement Clinic Fund for the operation and administration of motorcycle driver improvement clinics. The bill specifies that priority be given to the creation of motorcycle driver improvement clinics that operate as computer-based clinics.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationCreates motorcycle driver improvement clinics to enhance rider safety, directly advancing transportation safety standards for vehicle operation.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Driver Licensing Traffic Safety

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 179: Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory Council; established, report, sunset.

Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory Council; established; report. Establishes the Virginia Fleet Modernization Advisory Council to coordinate cost-effective, resilient, and decarbonization-aligned strategies for public and private fleet modernization in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Council to report annually by the first day of each regular session of the General Assembly to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its activities and recommendations. The Council has a sunset date of July 1, 2031.

Topics ✓ EnergySupports EnergyBill establishes council for decarbonization-aligned fleet modernization strategies, directly advancing clean energy transition through coordinated infrastructure planning.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentEstablishes council to develop decarbonization-aligned fleet strategies, directly advancing emissions reduction and environmental protection goals.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationEstablishes council for decarbonization-aligned fleet modernization, promoting sustainable transportation strategies through coordinated public/private fleet upgrades.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Climate Change Electric Vehicles

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in committee · Virginia · Senate Feb 4, 2026

SB 262: Tort claims against the Commonwealth; liability for dangerous condition on public roadway.

Tort claims against the Commonwealth; liability for dangerous condition on public roadway. Provides that the Commonwealth or a transportation district of the Commonwealth shall be liable for injury or death caused by a dangerous condition on a public roadway that the Commonwealth or transportation district had knowledge of and negligently or wrongfully failed to remedy or maintain. Current law immunizes the Commonwealth or a transportation district against such liability.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill removes immunity for dangerous road conditions, requiring maintenance and liability for injuries - enhancing transportation safety standards for public roadways.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Roads & Highways

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2026

HB 1430: Residential development; authorizes any locality to impose impact fees.

Impact fees; residential development. Authorizes any locality to impose impact fees on certain residential developments in order to defray the costs of constructing public facilities necessitated by those developments. Under current law, such impact fees have limited applicability and may be imposed only by those counties that have established urban transportation service districts. The bill also deletes provisions of current law that narrow the scope of included public facilities for localities in the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAuthorizes impact fees to fund public facilities, expanding local revenue sources for infrastructure without general tax increases, aligning with fiscal responsibility and public spending management.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationExpands impact fees to fund transportation infrastructure by removing county district restrictions, enabling broader public facility funding for roads/transit necessitated by development.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Fees & Licensing

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 6, 2026

HB 1340: Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; amends fund and program.

Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; public, private, or nonprofit entity under contract with public school division. Amends the Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program to allow moneys from the Fund to be awarded to any public, private, or nonprofit entity currently under contract with, or expected to be under contract with, a public school division to cover certain costs associated with transitioning from diesel school buses and other commercial motor vehicles, heavy equipment, or other machinery to electric school buses or other equipment that reduces air emissions. The bill also removes a provision that prohibits the allocation of funds to the Fund or the Program unless federal funds or nonstate funds are available to cover the entire cost of such allocation.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationFunds school bus transitions to electric vehicles, directly supporting school infrastructure and operational costs under education funding.90% confidence ✓ EnergySupports EnergyFunds transition from diesel to electric school buses, promoting renewable energy and reducing fossil fuel dependence.95% confidence ✓ EnvironmentSupports EnvironmentFunds transition from diesel to electric school buses, reducing emissions and promoting clean energy infrastructure per bill's focus on EV adoption for public school fleets.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationFunds transition from diesel school buses to electric vehicles, promoting sustainable transportation infrastructure and vehicle electrification programs.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles

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signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 8, 2026

SB 686: Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic.

Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic. Clarifies that a court may order, for a first violation of texting and driving, the satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a conviction.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationClarifies alternative to conviction for texting while driving, promoting road safety by reducing distracted driving incidents95% confidence

Sub-Topics Driver Licensing Traffic Safety

in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1012: School access corridors; snow and ice removal in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia).

School access corridors; snow and ice removal; Planning District 8. Requires the Commissioner of Highways, when providing snow and ice removal services in Planning District 8, to prioritize the removal of snow and ice from certain state-maintained sidewalks and crosswalks defined in the bill as school access corridors.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationPrioritizes snow/ice removal on school access corridors, improving physical access and safety for K-12 students and staff in Planning District 8.90% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationPrioritizes snow/ice removal on school access corridors (sidewalks/crosswalks), enhancing pedestrian safety within transportation infrastructure maintenance.85% confidence

Sub-Topics School Safety Pedestrian Safety

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signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 343: Helmets; wearing whenever riding/carried on skateboard or scooter or nonmotorized scooter.

Helmets; local authority. Permits localities to adopt ordinances requiring children 14 years of age or younger to wear protective helmets whenever riding or being carried on a motorized skateboard or scooter or a nonmotorized scooter. Current law authorizes localities to adopt such ordinances for riders of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, toy vehicles, and electric power-assisted bicycles.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill enables helmet mandates for children on scooters/skateboards, enhancing transportation safety standards for non-motorized devices used on public ways.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Traffic Safety

in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HR 3: National Infrastructure Bank; urging Congress to create to finance infrastructure projects.

Memorializing Congress; National Infrastructure Bank. Urges the Congress of the United States to create a National Infrastructure Bank to finance urgently needed infrastructure projects.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill urges Congress to create a National Infrastructure Bank for financing infrastructure projects, advocating for government funding of essential public works (funds essential programs).85% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill urges creation of National Infrastructure Bank to finance infrastructure projects, directly advancing transportation funding through dedicated financing mechanism.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Debt & Bonds Airports Bridges Transportation Funding

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signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 812: Traffic regulation; bicycles, and certain other devices, bicycle signals.

Regulation of traffic; bicycles and certain other devices; bicycle signals. Requires a person operating a bicycle or other device lawfully permitted in a bicycle lane or on a shared-use path in or approaching an intersection with a bicycle signal to obey such bicycle signal. The bill also sets requirements for signals that are displayed by bicycle signals and requirements for situations in which traffic lights, including bicycle signals, are out of service. The bill provides that a violation constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of no more than $350.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationMandates compliance with bicycle signals for safer cycling infrastructure, enhancing transportation safety standards.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Bicycle Infrastructure Pedestrian Safety Traffic Safety