VA SB1263 | 2021 | Regular Session

Virginia Senate Bill 1263 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-01-27 - Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 22-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Traffic regulations; bicycles. Permits operators of bicycles to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations. The bill requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast.

Title

Bicycles; permits operators to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations.

Roll Calls

2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 22-N) (Y: 16 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2021-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-27	Senate	Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 22-N)
2021-01-26	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	Senate	Reported from Transportation (11-Y 4-N)
2021-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2021-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101348D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	839	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	903.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	905	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1263
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1263+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S11V0021+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0100SB1263+SB1263
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0146SB1263+SB1263