Virginia Senate Bill 195 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-20 - Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Lights on bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds. Requires bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds operated between sunset and sunrise to have a red light visible from at least 500 feet to the rear. Current law requires such vehicles, except bicycles, to have a red reflector visible from 600 feet to the rear and requires bicycles to have a rear taillight emitting a red light visible from at least 500 feet between sunsetand sunrise when operated on a highway with a speed limit of 35 mph or greater. A violation of this provision is punishable as a traffic infraction.

Bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, etc.; requirement of red rear lights.

Sen. Kenneth Alexander [D]

2016-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-20	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)
2016-01-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-04	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102256D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1015	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB195
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB195+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S11V0014+SB0195