Bill Text: VA HB426 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Careless driving; cause of injury to vulnerable road user, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB426 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB426-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 426 Offered January 10, 2018 Prefiled January 6, 2018 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-816.1, relating to careless driving and infliction of injury on vulnerable road users; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Levine ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-816.1 as follows:

§46.2-816.1. Careless driving and infliction of injury on vulnerable road users; penalty.

A. As used in this section, "vulnerable road user" means a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, skateboard, roller or in-line skates, foot-scooter, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.

B. A person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and causes of serious bodily injury to a vulnerable road user who is lawfully present on the highway at the time of injury.