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Panel advances two‑year pilot to test acoustic enforcement for modified mufflers in two planning districts
Summary
House Bill 2550 would create a two‑year pilot allowing specified localities to deploy acoustic monitoring to detect illegal modified mufflers; the subcommittee reported the substitute 5‑2 after state police raised questions about decibel standards.
Delegate Sullivan presented House Bill 2550, a substitute proposing a two‑year pilot authorizing localities in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and Planning District 16 (Fredericksburg area) to place and operate acoustic monitoring equipment to detect vehicle exhausts that exceed a set decibel threshold and enforce modified‑muffler penalties.
The substitute would make an operator…
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