---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrians; drivers to stop when crossing highway, etc., penalty."
description: "Drivers to stop for pedestrians; vulnerable road users; penalties. Makes it a traffic infraction if a driver operating a motor vehicle fails to stop for pedestrians and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if such traffic infraction results in the serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully crossing a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1416"
citation: "Virginia SB 1416 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e332479-5d5b-45e4-9df1-c7f70bfb3525"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1416"
source_hash: "af327a2fd35518a4e2f642e7832a8ffc9463edccb9b4d6283a135690765c98c1"
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 1416 (2025) — Pedestrians; drivers to stop when crossing highway, etc., penalty.

Drivers to stop for pedestrians; vulnerable road users; penalties. Makes it a traffic infraction if a driver operating a motor vehicle fails to stop for pedestrians and makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor if such traffic infraction results in the serious bodily injury or death of a vulnerable road user lawfully crossing a highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021021.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074600.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033308.PDF)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1039748.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062315.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed House (75-Y 20-N) — **75–20** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 25100411D `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Rereferred from Transportation and Rereferred to Courts of Justice (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1416)
- **2025-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Committee substitute printed 25106652D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-04** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Referred from Transportation and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1416)
- **2025-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed House (75-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1416ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1416)
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 447 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0447)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e332479-5d5b-45e4-9df1-c7f70bfb3525`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).