republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1911.md

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Bill	Duties of drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; penalty.	Makes a driver's failure to move into a nonadjacent lane on a highway with at least four lanes when approaching a stationary vehicle displaying flashing, blinking, or alternating blue, red, or amber lights, or, if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe, to proceed with due caution and maintain a safe speed, reckless driving, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, a first such offense is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250, and a second such offense is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1911	Virginia HB 1911 (2019)	bill	Appropriations Motor Vehicles	enacted	Christopher K. Peace	9	39	15	2019-01-04	2019-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/89452753-5a26-45ca-8f88-2f562052fc5d	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1911	3bf293b6d9c37f35e68f888ace59c56b39f670146df533c3c824424c889c4e6d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1911 (2019) — Duties of drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; penalty.

Makes a driver's failure to move into a nonadjacent lane on a highway with at least four lanes when approaching a stationary vehicle displaying flashing, blinking, or alternating blue, red, or amber lights, or, if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe, to proceed with due caution and maintain a safe speed, reckless driving, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, a first such offense is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250, and a second such offense is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1911ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106242D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Conference substitute printed 19107667D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Governor's substitute printed 19107782D-H3 (committee substitute) — source
7. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101248D (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106735D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — 32–6 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — 37–3 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance with amendment — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 19106735D-S1 — 0–99 (fail) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by House — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation — 11–27 (fail) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate insisted on substitute with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christopher K. Peace — primary (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101248D introduction
• 2019-01-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106242D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1911H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 19106735D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1911S1
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 19106735D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
• 2019-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-21 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-22 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-22 Conference substitute printed 19107667D-H2
• 2019-02-23 Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-22 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2019-03-22 Governor's substitute printed 19107782D-H3
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-04-03 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
• 2019-04-03 Passed by temporarily
• 2019-04-03 Communicated to Governor
• 2019-04-03 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
• 2019-04-29 Approved by Governor-Chapter 850 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/89452753-5a26-45ca-8f88-2f562052fc5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).