---
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).