Virginia Senate Bill 847 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 7 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-02-07 - Failed to pass in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter to follow the pedestrian control signal at an intersection when traveling in the direction of the signal, provided that they yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk traveling in the same direction. The bill specifies that such persons shall not start to cross the highway in the direction of such signal while the signal is solid, that pedestrians shall not start to cross the highway when such signal is solid or flashing, and that any person who has partially crossed the highway shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island when the solid Don't Walk signal begins. Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices. Allows persons riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, or motorized skateboard or scooter to follow the pedestrian control signal at an intersection when traveling in the direction of the signal, provided that they yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk traveling in the same direction. The bill specifies that such persons shall not start to cross the highway in the direction of such signal while the signal is solid, that pedestrians shall not start to cross the highway when such signal is solid or flashing, and that any person who has partially crossed the highway shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island when the solid Don't Walk signal begins.

Pedestrian control signals; applicability to persons riding bicycles and other devices.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

2023-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	Senate	Failed to pass in Senate
2023-02-07	Senate	No further action taken
2023-02-07	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-26	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23104693D-S1
2023-01-26	Senate	Incorporates SB1009 (DeSteph)
2023-01-26	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
2022-12-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2022-12-28	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102496D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	925	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB847
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB847+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB847S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104693D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB847FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0038+SB0847
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0269+SB0847
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0243SB0847+SB0847