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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Driver of an overtaking vehicle; driver of an overtaken vehicle shall move to the right."
+description: "Signals; overtaking vehicle. Removes the requirement that the driver of an overtaking vehicle use his lights or an audible method to signal to the driver of a slower vehicle to move to the right. The bill does not change the requirement that the slower-moving vehicle move to the right for an overtaking vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1066"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1066 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dawn M. Adams"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e78c5555-0159-4d78-bd8d-b0fdb27af2c8"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1066"
+source_hash: "4f1282a93ea9485679af7f999088e8d94553aeb490432582f4652b2625af924f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1066 (2020) — Driver of an overtaking vehicle; driver of an overtaken vehicle shall move to the right.
+
+Signals; overtaking vehicle. Removes the requirement that the driver of an overtaking vehicle use his lights or an audible method to signal to the driver of a slower vehicle to move to the right. The bill does not change the requirement that the slower-moving vehicle move to the right for an overtaking vehicle.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0815)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0815)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1066ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1066ER)
+3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1066E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1066E)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1066)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1066)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation with amendments (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 8-N) — **88–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101984D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1066)
+- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2020-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation with amendments (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB1066E
+- **2020-01-28** Printed as engrossed 20101984D-E
+- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-01-29** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 8-N)
+- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1066E)
+- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1066ER)
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 815 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e78c5555-0159-4d78-bd8d-b0fdb27af2c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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