republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-362.md

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Bill	Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast.	Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast. Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters two abreast from impeding the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and requires such persons to move into a single-file formation as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle and to ride in a single lane on a laned roadway.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 362	Virginia SB 362 (2022)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	5	42	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0c05de9a-43a1-43a8-960b-08d4039c84b9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB362	f052dedab43e2550b92cafa0cda5439cb2ab960ebefa2ca5a91da802be193409	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 362 (2022) — Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast.

Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast. Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters two abreast from impeding the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and requires such persons to move into a single-file formation as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle and to ride in a single lane on a laned roadway.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0341 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102032D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as reengrossed 22102032D-E2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB362E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB362ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Amendment by Senator Surovell reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N) — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102032D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB362)
• 2022-01-20 Reported from Transportation with amendments (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2022-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-26 Reading of amendments waived
• 2022-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-01-26 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-01-26 Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to amendment-passage
• 2022-01-26 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB362E
• 2022-01-26 Printed as engrossed 22102032D-E
• 2022-01-26 Engrossed bill reprinted 22102032D-E
• 2022-01-27 Passed by for the day
• 2022-01-28 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-28 Amendment by Senator Surovell reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-28 Amendment by Senator Surovell rejected amendment-failure
• 2022-01-28 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-01-28 Amendment #2 by Senator Surovell agreed to amendment-passage
• 2022-01-28 Reengrossed by Senate as amended SB362E2
• 2022-01-28 Printed as reengrossed 22102032D-E2
• 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-28 Passed Senate (35-Y 4-N) passage
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB362E2)
• 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed House (65-Y 34-N) passage
• 2022-03-04 VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N)
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB362ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c05de9a-43a1-43a8-960b-08d4039c84b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).