HB 661 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

Traffic reg.; bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, etc., yielding at stop signs.

Summary
Traffic regulation; bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and motorized skateboards or scooters. Authorizes any person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or motorized skateboard or scooter to yield instead of stop at an intersection controlled by a stop sign if certain conditions are met. The bill also authorizes such a person to proceed through the intersection on a steady red light if the pedestrian control signal corresponding to the person's direction of travel and to the parallel crosswalk indicates "Walk" and if certain other conditions are met. The bill requires any such persons riding two abreast on roadways with only one travel lane in the direction of such persons and a posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour or more to not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. Under current law, such persons riding two abreast are required to not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and are required to move into a single-file formation when being overtaken from the rear by a faster moving vehicle, regardless of the type of road and posted speed limit.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 6, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2026

How they voted

860
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 88
Feb 9, 2026
D Democratic53
52 Yea 1
98% Yea
R Republican35
34 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors