Bill Text: VA HB505 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Traffic signs; people with disabilities, posting of signs on certain roadways.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0432) [HB505 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB505-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-830.2 as follows:
§46.2-830.2. Pedestrians with disabilities; traffic signs.
A. Upon request of any person who is deaf, blind, or deaf-blind, any person with autism or an intellectual or developmental disability as defined in §37.2-100, or the agent of any such person, the Department of Transportation shall post and maintain signs informing drivers that a person with a disability may be present in or around the roadway.
B. The Department of Transportation shall establish regulations consistent with this section. Such regulations shall provide that any sign posted and maintained pursuant to this section shall be comparable in size and design to other signs typically used for traffic control.
