HB 920 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Careless driving; vulnerable road users.

Summary
Careless driving; vulnerable road users. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he operates a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and causes the death or serious bodily injury of a vulnerable road user. Current law only imposes the penalty if such careless or distracted operation causes serious bodily injury to the vulnerable road user. The bill also allows a court to suspend the driver's license or restrict the driver's license of a person convicted of careless driving for up to six months. This bill is identical to SB 247.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 22, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 7, 2022

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 22, 2022
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 506 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB920E
lower
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103904D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors