Transportation (Traffic Safety)

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 498: Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers.

Motor carrier violations; authority of law-enforcement officers. Authorizes the enforcement of motor carrier violations of license, registration, and tax requirements and vehicle size limitations at locations other than permanent weighing stations and clarifies that law-enforcement officers, in addition to size and weight compliance agents, may enforce such provisions.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationEnforces vehicle size/weight regulations to protect road infrastructure, enhancing transportation safety and compliance with existing standards.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Driver Licensing Freight Traffic Safety

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 6, 2026

HB 409: Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways.

Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways. Clarifies that the exemption from the requirement for a driver of a motor vehicle to stop for a stopped school bus if such bus is stopped on the other roadway of a divided highway, on an access road, or on a driveway when the other roadway, access road, or driveway is separated from the roadway on which he is driving by a physical barrier or an unpaved area applies regardless of whether the physical barrier or unpaved area is continuous or segmented when necessary to accommodate an intersection or turning vehicles.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationClarifies school bus passing rules on divided highways to enhance road safety by reducing driver confusion during stops, directly supporting transportation safety standards.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Driver Licensing Pedestrian Safety Traffic Safety

passed · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2026

HB 365: Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.

Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Authorizes a law-enforcement vehicle, defined in current law, operated by or under the direction of a state or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions. The bill expands the situations in which such vehicles may disregard speed limits to include when establishing evidence of other violations of law and when responding to an emergency in which emergency lights and siren may pose a safety risk and removes such authorization for disregarding speed limits in certain situations provided under existing law for law-enforcement vehicles operated by or under the direction of a federal law-enforcement officer.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill enhances transportation safety by allowing emergency vehicles to bypass traffic rules during critical responses, improving emergency response times and safety outcomes.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Traffic Safety Tags Public Safety

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signed · Virginia · Senate Apr 13, 2026

SB 832: Vulnerable road user safety zones; VDOT to develop criteria & recommendations for designation.

Department of Transportation; criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth in areas that have experienced elevated rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving pedestrians or cyclists. The bill requires the Department to submit a report with its criteria and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Transportation and the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation no later than November 1, 2026.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationEstablishes safety zones, automated enforcement, and penalties to protect vulnerable road users, enhancing transportation safety and infrastructure.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Roads & Highways Traffic Safety

in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1200: Guardrail posts; Department of Transportation to develop standards for protective caps, report.

Department of Transportation; protective caps for guardrail posts; report. Directs the Department of Transportation to develop and adopt statewide standards and requirements for protective caps or other comparable shielding for exposed guardrail posts installed or replaced on or after July 1, 2027.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill mandates DOT to develop safety standards for guardrail posts, directly enhancing highway infrastructure safety standards.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Pedestrian Safety Roads & Highways Traffic Safety

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passed · Virginia · Senate Feb 10, 2026

SB 306: Traffic light signals and traffic control device monitoring systems; locality to report to VSP member of traffic violations, etc.,report.

Use of violation monitoring systems to enforce traffic light signals and certain traffic control devices; repeal. Repeals the authority of localities to use traffic light signal violation monitoring systems, colloquially known as red light cameras, and traffic control device violation monitoring systems to enforce certain traffic offenses, including traffic light signal violations.

Topics ✗ TransportationOpposes TransportationRepeals red light camera enforcement, eliminating a traffic safety tool that enforces traffic signal violations, thus restricting transportation safety mechanisms.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Traffic Safety

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in committee · Virginia · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2026

HB 1010: School crossing zones; large children's sports complexes, Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia).

School crossing zones; large children's sports complexes; Planning District 8. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students, in addition to children, reasonably requires a special warning to motorists. The bill also defines "school" and provides that, in Planning District 8, the term "school" includes large children's sports complexes, defined in the bill. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationExpands school crossing zones and permits photo speed monitoring to enhance road safety near schools and sports complexes, directly improving transportation safety protocols.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Pedestrian Safety Traffic Safety

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died · Virginia · Senate Jan 23, 2026

SB 428: School crossing zones; expands definition to include higher educational institutions.

School crossing zones; institutions of higher education. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" as it relates to a school crossing zone includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationExpands school crossing zones to include colleges, enhancing road safety for student pedestrians near institutions, aligning with transportation safety indicators.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Pedestrian Safety Traffic Safety

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signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 13, 2026

HB 1120: Electric power-assisted bicycles, etc.; improving safety for operators and general public, report.

Department of Motor Vehicles; improving the safety of electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards and scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and mopeds for operators and the general public; report. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to convene a work group of relevant stakeholders to examine and make recommendations for options and measures for improving the safety of electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards and scooters, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and mopeds for operators and the general public and submit a report of its findings to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation no later than November 1, 2026.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationBill mandates DOT to improve safety for e-bikes/motorized vehicles, directly enhancing transportation safety standards per topic description.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Bicycle Infrastructure Pedestrian Safety Traffic Safety

signed · Virginia · House of Delegates Apr 13, 2026

HB 684: Photo speed monitoring devices; photo-monitoring systems for traffic signals, proof of violation.

Photo speed monitoring devices; photo-monitoring systems for traffic signals; school bus video-monitoring systems; proof of violation; certain persons swearing to or affirming certificates; training. Authorizes retired sworn law-enforcement officers, registered special conservators of the peace, and technicians employed by a locality to swear to or to affirm certificates for the purposes of enforcement of violations recorded by traffic light signal violation monitoring systems, traffic control device violation monitoring systems, photo speed monitoring devices, or school bus video-monitoring systems upon completion of a training course developed and approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill also requires law-enforcement officers swearing to or affirming such certificates to complete such training course. These provisions of the bill have an effective date of July 1, 2027. The bill also requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop, approve, and make available such training course no later than January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 59.

Topics ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationAuthorizes photo speed monitoring for traffic violation enforcement, enhancing road safety standards through automated monitoring systems.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Public Transit Traffic Safety