Virginia House Bill 616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Transportation
Pending: House Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Vehicle headlights; required to be lighted. Requires every vehicle in operation to display lighted headlights. Currently headlights are required to be lighted only (i) from sunset to sunrise; (ii) during any other time when, because of rain, smoke, fog, snow, sleet, insufficient light, or other unfavorable atmospheric conditions, visibility is reduced to a degree whereby persons or vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet; and (iii) whenever windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow. The bill removes provisions making the failure to display lighted headlights when windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog rain, sleet, or snow (a) a secondary offense, (b) subject to no demerit points being assessed, and (c) not a defense to any claim for personal injury or recovery of medical expenses for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.

Motor vehicles; when headlights to be lighted.

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Transportation
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101620D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1012	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1029.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1030	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	111	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB616
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB616+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1902V0036+HB0616