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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 362"
citation: "Virginia SB 362 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c05de9a-43a1-43a8-960b-08d4039c84b9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB362"
source_hash: "f052dedab43e2550b92cafa0cda5439cb2ab960ebefa2ca5a91da802be193409"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0341)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102032D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB362)
3. **Printed as reengrossed 22102032D-E2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB362E2)
4. **SB362E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB362E)
5. **SB362ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB362ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c05de9a-43a1-43a8-960b-08d4039c84b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).