Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system, local authority.
Summary
Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system; local authority. Removes the requirement that a section of the secondary state highway system be in a residence district for a county to find that such section is no longer necessary for the purpose of abandoning such section of highway as a public highway.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 342 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the legislation regarding highway abandonment procedures remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments and a correction to the numbering sequence in the conditions for abandonment.
TECHNICAL
The numbering sequence in the conditions for highway abandonment was corrected to remove duplicate numbers (the original text listed items 1, 2, 2, and 3; the final version lists 1, 2, 3, and 4).
Floor votes · Senate Jan 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 3, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 39
Jan 26, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 342 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB321ER)
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
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