---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrians; drivers stopping at certain signs."
description: "Pedestrians; drivers stopping at certain signs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1069"
citation: "Virginia SB 1069 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saslaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6305a57d-f556-48c3-8b5f-a45f2ef51791"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1069"
source_hash: "40fce0e6fdbdab97c52192ea5f4553d2671bb5831941f1da43b48e3316f99215"
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 SB 1069 (2023) — Pedestrians; drivers stopping at certain signs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0117** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0117)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103053D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1069)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23103053D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1069E)
4. **SB1069ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1069ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (18-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Saslaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103053D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1069)
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1069E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23103053D-E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB1069E)
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (83-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1069ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1069ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 117 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0117)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6305a57d-f556-48c3-8b5f-a45f2ef51791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).