VA HB 1205

died on adjournment

Motor vehicles insurance; hwy. use fee, tangible personal property tax relief for certain vehicles.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Motor vehicles; insurance; highway use fee; tangible personal property tax relief for certain vehicles. Removes the highway use fee for fuel-efficient vehicles, and maintains the same highway use fee for electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles. The bill removes the prohibition on motor vehicle insurers establishing a repair facility network. Under current law, insurers are prohibited from requiring an insured or claimant to utilize designated replacement or repair facilities or services as a prerequisite to settling or paying any claim arising under a policy or policies of insurance. The bill also directs each county, city, or town that receives annual reimbursements from the Commonwealth for providing tangible personal property tax relief on qualifying vehicles to, beginning in tax year 2027, ensure that after first reimbursing certain tax attributable to qualifying vehicles leased by active duty members of the United States military, as is currently required by law, (i) no qualifying vehicle owned by an individual with an annual household income in excess of $200,000 receives any reimbursement for such vehicle and (ii) the remainder of the reimbursement provided to such locality is distributed based on a sliding scale for household incomes of residents of such locality, adopted by an ordinance of the governing body of such locality, as described in the bill.

Introduced: 2026-01-14
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Transportation
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2026-01-14
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103658D
filing,introduction
2026-01-14
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2026-01-29
Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee
2026-02-03
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-03
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N)
2026-02-18
Left in Committee Transportation

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Votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
2026-02-03 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Terry L. Austin: no
- Bill Wiley: no
- Israel D. O'Quinn: no

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1205

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