Virginia House Bill 1705 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1031)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Yielding the right-of-way to pedestrians; stopping. Clarifies the duties of vehicle drivers to stop when yielding to pedestrians at (i) clearly marked crosswalks, whether at midblock or at the end of any block; (ii) any regular pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block; or (iii) any intersection when the driver is approaching on a highway where the maximum speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour. The bill also prohibits the driver of another vehicle approaching such stopped vehicle from an adjacent lane or from behind from overtaking and passing the stopped vehicle. The bill contains technical amendments.

Pedestrians; drivers to stop when yielding the right-of-way.

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2020-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 3-N) (Y: 94 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) (Y: 34 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) (Y: 0 N: 97 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) (Y: 32 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1031)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1031 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1705ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 3-N)
2020-03-07	House	Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	Senate	Senators: Marsden, Boysko, Pillion
2020-03-05	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Kory, Plum, Walker
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05	House	House acceded to request
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 3-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-04	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 20109363D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-04	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-03-03	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N)
2020-03-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1705S1
2020-03-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20109363D-S1
2020-03-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-03	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20109363D-S1
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-06	House	Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-23	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2020-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 20105498D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	924	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1705
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1705+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1705S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1705ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1031+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1902V0041+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H19V0079+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0944+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S11V0082+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1388HB1705+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1441HB1705+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1793+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1617HB1705+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1738HB1705+HB1705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2059+HB1705