republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-832.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vulnerable road user safety zones; VDOT to develop criteria & recommendations for designation."
description: "Department of Transportation; criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth in areas that have experienced elevated rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving pedestrians or cyclists. The bill requires the Department to submit a report with its criteria and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Transportation and the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation no later than November 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 832"
citation: "Virginia SB 832 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kannan Srinivasan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f61d498a-bd42-44a6-9954-01e59b322c2a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB832"
source_hash: "07bb1b6acbfe05ca17aa35334ca097110a95785ee8d38165eaaf9047a01685aa"
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 832 (2026) — Vulnerable road user safety zones; VDOT to develop criteria & recommendations for designation.

Department of Transportation; criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones; report. Requires the Department of Transportation to develop criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth in areas that have experienced elevated rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving pedestrians or cyclists. The bill requires the Department to submit a report with its criteria and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Transportation and the House Committees on Appropriations and Transportation no later than November 1, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096835.PDF)
2. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1128106.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211916.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26105294D `introduction`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-04** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26107149D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-06** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB832)
- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (12-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB832ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB832)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 906 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f61d498a-bd42-44a6-9954-01e59b322c2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).