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Bill

Pedestrians; drivers to stop when yielding the right-of-way.

Yielding the right-of-way to pedestrians; stopping. Clarifies the duties of vehicle drivers to stop when yielding to pedestrians at (i) clearly marked crosswalks, whether at midblock or at the end of any block; (ii) any regular pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block; or (iii) any intersection when the driver is approaching on a highway where the maximum speed limit is not more than 35 miles per hour. The bill also prohibits the driver of another vehicle approaching such stopped vehicle from an adjacent lane or from behind from overtaking and passing the stopped vehicle. The bill contains technical amendments.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1705

Virginia HB 1705 (2020)

bill

enacted

Kaye Kory

2020-01-17

2020-04-10

openstates

ocd-bill/2be38aa0-e9fc-42ef-ac6f-9a4c2de0022b

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1705

041968a62e270bc87e39297909579affdbd6444adaa2108bc6371fda55ccd080

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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us-va

Virginia HB 1705 (2020) — Pedestrians; drivers to stop when yielding the right-of-way.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1031) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1705ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1705) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1705S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 3-N) — 93–3 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105498D introduction
2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1705)
2020-01-23 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Committee substitute printed 20109363D-S1 substitution
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1705S1)
2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-03 Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20109363D-S1
2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1705S1
2020-03-03 Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 8-N) passage
2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
2020-03-04 Passed by temporarily
2020-03-04 Senate substitute rejected by House 20109363D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-04 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-05 Passed by temporarily
2020-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 3-N)
2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-05 House acceded to request
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 3-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1705ER)
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1031 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2be38aa0-e9fc-42ef-ac6f-9a4c2de0022b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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