Virginia House Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Transportation
Pending: House Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Reduction of speed limits; local authority. Authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit by up to 10 miles per hour on any highway within its boundaries if indicated by lawfully placed signs and based on a traffic engineering study and analysis. Current law authorizes localities to reduce the speed limit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 miles per hour, on highways within its boundaries that are located in a business district or residence district and maintained by the locality.

Speed limits; local authority.

Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

2022-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Transportation
2022-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
2022-01-18	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102856D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1300	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB261
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB261+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB261F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1902V0017+HB0261