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 HB 920.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2022
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 27, 2022
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 507 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Feb 25, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB247E
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to
upper
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103903D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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