Virginia House Bill 1266

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 9 2024 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-02-29 - Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Traffic; bicycles and certain other vehicles. Clarifies that the roadways on which bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards or scooters, or mopeds are exempt from the requirement to ride as close as safely practicable to the right curb include those not wide enough to allow an overtaking motor vehicle to pass as required by law. The bill removes the requirement for persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters on a highway two abreast to move into a single-file formation when being overtaken by a faster-moving vehicle and limits the requirement that such persons not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic to roadways with only one travel lane per direction and a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or more. Traffic; bicycles and certain other vehicles. Clarifies that the roadways on which bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards or scooters, or mopeds are exempt from the requirement to ride as close as safely practicable to the right curb include those not wide enough to allow an overtaking motor vehicle to pass as required by law. The bill removes the requirement for persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters on a highway two abreast to move into a single-file formation when being overtaken by a faster-moving vehicle and limits the requirement that such persons not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic to roadways with only one travel lane per direction and a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or more.

Bicycles and certain other vehicles; regulations when riding in traffic.

Del. Rodney Willett [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 8-N) (Y: 6 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: Passage #2 (51-Y 47-N) (Y: 51 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: Defeated (49-Y 49-N) (Y: 49 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [FAIL]
2024-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-29	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Transportation (6-Y 8-N)
2024-02-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2024-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2024-02-12	House	VOTE: Passage #2 (51-Y 47-N)
2024-02-12	House	Passed House (51-Y 47-N)
2024-02-12	House	Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
2024-02-12	House	VOTE: Defeated (49-Y 49-N)
2024-02-12	House	Read third time and defeated by House (49-Y 49-N)
2024-02-09	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1266H1
2024-02-09	House	Committee substitute agreed to 24106977D-H1
2024-02-09	House	Read second time
2024-02-08	House	Read first time
2024-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 24106977D-H1
2024-02-06	House	Reported from Transportation with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-26	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104937D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	821.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	839	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	905	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1266
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1266+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1266H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106744D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/24106744D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106977D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1266FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1904V0016+HB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H19V0058+HB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0564+HB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0576+HB1266
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S11V0106+HB1266