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Bill Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district. Local government authority; reduction of speedlimits. Authorizes local governing bodies to reduce the speedlimit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 milesper hour, in a business district or residence district. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1903 Virginia HB 1903 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1903 (2021) — Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district.

Local government authority; reduction of speedlimits. Authorizes local governing bodies to reduce the speedlimit to less than 25 miles per hour, but not less than 15 milesper hour, in a business district or residence district.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0318 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1903ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101800D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) — 2117 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N) — 95 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — 926 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
  • Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101800D introduction
  • 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-01-12 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems referral-committee
  • 2021-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-14 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-18 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-18 Engrossment reconsidered by House
  • 2021-01-18 Engrossed by House
  • 2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-19 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
  • 2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1903)
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-16 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2021-02-22 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1903ER)
  • 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
  • 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 318 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b793b5a-2e0f-4fba-8d66-06e91aa76222. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).