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Bill

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty.

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty. Provides that a person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in the bill as a pedestrian; the operator of or passenger on a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, skateboard, roller skates, motorized skateboard or scooter, or animal-drawn vehicle or any attached device; or any person riding an animal, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle, except in certain circumstances.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 437

Virginia SB 437 (2020)

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enacted

Scott A. Surovell

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

openstates

ocd-bill/954efc84-d4db-4c3a-ba17-e35c034a5f4b

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB437

e149bc3587776204d27237120990b634d197c53428c0be8f5df4abcda53d986b

2026-07-01

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 437 (2020) — Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1259) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB437) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB437ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) — 62–37 (pass) · lower
Reported from Transportation (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
House amendment agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (56-Y 36-N) — 55–36 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — 25–15 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100562D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB437)
2020-01-16 Reported from Transportation (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
2020-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
2020-02-13 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
2020-02-17 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N)
2020-02-20 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-25 Engrossed by House as amended
2020-02-25 Passed House with amendment (63-Y 37-N) passage
2020-02-25 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N)
2020-02-27 Passed by temporarily
2020-02-27 House amendment agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
2020-03-04 Enrolled
2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB437ER)
2020-03-05 Signed by President
2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
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
2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (56-Y 36-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (56-Y 36-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB437ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1259 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/954efc84-d4db-4c3a-ba17-e35c034a5f4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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