HB 55 — Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authorities to place and operate, civil penalties.
VA 20261 session
Noise abatement monitoring systems; local authority; civil penalties. Authorizes counties and cities in Planning Districts 8, 9, and 15 to place and operate noise abatement monitoring systems, defined in the bill, on any highway located in the locality for the purpose of recording and enforcing exhaust system violations, also defined in the bill. The bill provides that the operator of a vehicle is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $100, but the violation shall not be reported on the driver's operating record or to the driver's insurance agency. The bill provides that a locality may exempt from enforcement by noise abatement monitoring systems vehicles used for agricultural, horticultural, or forestry purposes as demonstrated by vehicle license plates. Under the bill, the civil penalty will be paid to the locality in which the violation occurred to be used for the cost of administering the noise abatement monitoring system program and for transportation safety initiatives. The bill contains the same data privacy and storage requirements as are in current law for photo speed monitoring devices. The bill requires any locality that places and operates such a noise abatement monitoring system to report on its public website by January 15 of each year on the number of traffic violations prosecuted, the number of successful prosecutions, and the total amount of monetary civil penalties collected. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028. This bill incorporates HB 1349.
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Sponsors (6)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — sponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | John Chilton McAuliff (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Vivian E. Watts (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no