Loitering; prohibited in right-of-way of certain highways with posted signs. (HB470)
Introduced By
Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale) with support from 7 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Kris Amundson (D-Mount Vernon), Del. Brian Moran (D-Alexandria), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Loitering in the rights-of-way of certain highways. Prohibits loitering in the right-of-way of any highway on which the Commissioner has posted signs prohibiting such activity. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/07/2008 | Committee |
| 01/07/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084516784 |
| 01/07/2008 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 01/17/2008 | Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/18/2008 | Read first time |
| 01/21/2008 | Read second time |
| 01/21/2008 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 01/21/2008 | Engrossed by House as amended HB470E |
| 01/21/2008 | Printed as engrossed 084516784-E |
| 01/22/2008 | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) |
| 01/22/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/22/2008 | Communicated to Senate |
| 01/23/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/23/2008 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 02/21/2008 | Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 02/22/2008 | Committee substitute printed 083561784-S1 |
| 02/25/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 02/26/2008 | Read third time |
| 02/26/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/26/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 083561784-S1 |
| 02/26/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB470S1 |
| 02/26/2008 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/27/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/28/2008 | Senate substitute agreed to by House 083561784-S1 (95-Y 1-N) |
| 02/28/2008 | VOTE: (95-Y 1-N) |
| 03/03/2008 | Enrolled |
| 03/03/2008 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB470ER) |
| 03/04/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/04/2008 | Signed by President |
| 03/10/2008 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 503 (effective 7/1/08) |
| 03/17/2008 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0503) |
Comments
The problem with this bill as passed is that it allows cities and towns to make individualized (and probably inconsistent) judgments about what constitutes a safety hazard when evaluating whether to prohibit loitering. The old law allowed the Commissioner of Transportation to establish a single statewide standard for when bridges would be posted as no loitering, and the initial proposal would only have allowed the Commissioner to extend safety bans to public rights of way.