VA SB861 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Traffic control device violation monitoring systems. Authorizes localities in Planning District 23, after completing an engineering safety analysis that addresses congestion, accident rates, and driver disregard for traffic control devices, to establish traffic control device violation monitoring systems, defined in the bill, imposing monetary liability on the operator of a motor vehicle for failure to comply with traffic control devices at any intersection deemed by the local governing body to be negatively impacted by traffic due to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Express Lanes Hampton Segment (4C) Project. The bill prohibits the use of such devices for enforcing traffic signal or speed limit violations and provides that a driver's first offense is punishable by a written warning, not a monetary penalty. The bill expires on July 1, 2027, or upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Express Lanes Hampton Segment (4C) Project is complete, whichever occurs earlier. The bill contains technical amendments. Traffic control device violation monitoring systems. Authorizes localities in Planning District 23, after completing an engineering safety analysis that addresses congestion, accident rates, and driver disregard for traffic control devices, to establish traffic control device violation monitoring systems, defined in the bill, imposing monetary liability on the operator of a motor vehicle for failure to comply with traffic control devices at any intersection deemed by the local governing body to be negatively impacted by traffic due to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Express Lanes Hampton Segment (4C) Project. The bill prohibits the use of such devices for enforcing traffic signal or speed limit violations and provides that a driver's first offense is punishable by a written warning, not a monetary penalty. The bill expires on July 1, 2027, or upon certification by the Secretary of Transportation that the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Express Lanes Hampton Segment (4C) Project is complete, whichever occurs earlier. The bill contains technical amendments.
Title
Traffic control device violation monitoring systems; localities in Hampton Roads may establish.
Sponsors
Sen. Mamie Locke [D] |
Roll Calls
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N) (Y: 28 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) (Y: 55 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) (Y: 34 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) (Y: 55 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2023-03-27 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0738) | |
2023-03-27 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 738 (effective 7/1/23) | |
2023-03-13 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 | |
2023-03-13 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 |
2023-03-08 | House | Signed by Speaker |
2023-03-08 | Senate | Signed by President |
2023-03-07 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB861ER) |
2023-03-07 | Senate | Enrolled |
2023-02-22 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N) |
2023-02-22 | Senate | Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
2023-02-22 | Senate | Title replaced 23106823D-H1 |
2023-02-22 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 6-N) |
2023-02-21 | House | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) |
2023-02-21 | House | Passed House with substitute (55-Y 42-N) |
2023-02-21 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB861H1 |
2023-02-21 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 23106823D-H1 |
2023-02-21 | House | Read third time |
2023-02-20 | House | Read second time |
2023-02-16 | House | Committee substitute printed 23106823D-H1 |
2023-02-16 | House | Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 3-N) |
2023-02-14 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
2023-02-08 | House | Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding |
2023-02-08 | House | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
2023-02-08 | House | Read first time |
2023-02-08 | House | Placed on Calendar |
2023-02-01 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) |
2023-01-31 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB861S1 |
2023-01-31 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 23104826D-S1 |
2023-01-31 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
2023-01-31 | Senate | Read second time |
2023-01-30 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
2023-01-26 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 23104826D-S1 |
2023-01-26 | Senate | Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) |
2022-12-30 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
2022-12-30 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102455D |