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Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses and odor of marijuana; exclusion of evidence. Removes provisions prohibiting a law-enforcement officer from stopping a motor vehicle for operating (i) with an expired registration sticker prior to the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date; (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment; (iii) without tail lights, brake lights, or a supplemental high mount stop light; (iv) without lighted headlights displayed when so required; (v) with certain tinting films, signs, posters, stickers, or decals; (vi) with objects or other equipment suspended so as to obstruct the driver's view; or (vii) with an expired inspection prior to the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date, as well as the accompanying exclusionary provisions. The bill also authorizes a law-enforcement officer to lawfully stop, search, or seize a person, place, or thing or a search warrant to be issued based solely on the odor of marijuana if such odor creates a reasonable suspicion of a violation of the law prohibiting driving while intoxicated.
Introduced
Nov 17, 2025
Last Action
Jan 26, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Senate committee offered
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB12)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/5/2025 4:04 pm)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100650D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
William M. Stanley, Jr.