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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1903"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1903 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b793b5a-2e0f-4fba-8d66-06e91aa76222"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1903"
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source_hash: "3c50f7e26ea4712dc4fbada179ccad61cffe97f62230b2de2cece1e99a7d7ba9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1903 (2021) — Local government; authority to reduce the speed limit in a business district or residence district.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0318** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0318)
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2. **HB1903ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1903ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101800D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1903)
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## Votes
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101800D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-14** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-18** Engrossment reconsidered by House
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- **2021-01-18** Engrossed by House
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- **2021-01-19** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-19** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
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- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1903)
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-16** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1903ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 318 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b793b5a-2e0f-4fba-8d66-06e91aa76222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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