VA SB982 | 2023 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Yielding or reducing speed for stationary vehicles; vehicles displaying hazard lights, caution signs, or road flares. Requires drivers to make a lane change or reduce speed when passing stationary vehicles that have activated the vehicular hazard warning signal flashers, displayed caution signs, or been marked with properly lit flares or torches on certain highways when safe and reasonable to do so and makes a violation of this requirement a traffic infraction.

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Title

Stationary vehicles; yielding or reducing speed for vehicles displaying hazard lights, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2023-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 8-N) (Y: 29 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2023-03-26 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0617)
2023-03-26 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 617 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16HouseSigned by Speaker
2023-02-16SenateSigned by President
2023-02-16SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB982ER)
2023-02-16SenateEnrolled
2023-02-14HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14HouseRead third time
2023-02-13HouseRead second time
2023-02-09HouseReported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
2023-02-08HouseRead first time
2023-02-08HousePlaced on Calendar
2023-01-18SenateRead third time and passed Senate (29-Y 8-N)
2023-01-17SenateRead second time and engrossed
2023-01-16SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-12SenateReported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N)
2023-01-06SenateReferred to Committee on Transportation
2023-01-06SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102033D

Same As/Similar To

HB1932 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)
HB1932 (Same As) 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
462861.1(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB982
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB982+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB982ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0617+hil
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB982F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB982FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0006+SB0982
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0018SB0982+SB0982
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0038SB0982+SB0982
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H19V0094+SB0982
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1771+SB0982

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