republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2262.md

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Bill	Bicycles; traffic regulations, report.	Traffic regulation; bicycles. Permits operators of bicycles to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations. The bill requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2262	Virginia HB 2262 (2021)	bill		enacted	Chris L. Hurst	5	38	9	2021-01-13	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/7bec7e55-ea7a-4258-81e0-3349c50a2e9b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2262	b9cbc5a019885d89219e3e80cc7cbe6545dbbbf6613b4680623ae1671e5ac1a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2262 (2021) — Bicycles; traffic regulations, report.

Traffic regulation; bicycles. Permits operators of bicycles to treat a stop sign as a yield sign in certain situations. The bill requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0462 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor substitute printed 21200276D-S1 (Deeds) (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2262ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 21101122D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 21101122D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• Substitute by Senator Deeds agreed to 21200276D-S1 (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — 74–24 (pass) · lower
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 21101122D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-01-17 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
• 2021-01-28 Reported from Transportation (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-01 Amendment by Delegate Hurst agreed to amendment-passage
• 2021-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2262E
• 2021-02-01 Printed as engrossed 21101122D-E
• 2021-02-02 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-02 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 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 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Floor substitute printed 21200276D-S1 (Deeds)
• 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 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-17 Substitute by Senator Deeds agreed to 21200276D-S1 (22-Y 17-N)
• 2021-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2262S1
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2262S1)
• 2021-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200276D-S1 (69-Y 30-N)
• 2021-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (69-Y 30-N)
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB2262ER)
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
• 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 462 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7bec7e55-ea7a-4258-81e0-3349c50a2e9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).