Duties of drivers approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; penalty. (HB1911)
Introduced By
Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville) with support from co-patron Del. Mike Mullin (D-Newport News)
Progress
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Duties of drivers of vehicles approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights; penalty. Makes a driver's failure to move into a nonadjacent lane on a highway with at least four lanes when approaching a stationary vehicle displaying flashing, blinking, or alternating blue, red, or amber lights, or, if changing lanes would be unreasonable or unsafe, to proceed with due caution and maintain a safe speed, reckless driving, which is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, a first such offense is a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250, and a second such offense is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/04/2019 | Committee |
01/04/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101248D |
01/04/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/07/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1911) |
01/29/2019 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
01/30/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1911) |
01/30/2019 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
02/01/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/01/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19106242D-H1 |
02/03/2019 | Read first time |
02/04/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1911H1) |
02/04/2019 | Read second time |
02/04/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19106242D-H1 |
02/04/2019 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1911H1 |
02/05/2019 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
02/05/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1911H1) |
02/06/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/06/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/11/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19106735D-S1 |
02/11/2019 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/12/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1911S1) |
02/12/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1911S1) |
02/18/2019 | Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/19/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2019 | Read third time |
02/20/2019 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/20/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19106735D-S1 |
02/20/2019 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/20/2019 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/20/2019 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB1911S1 |
02/20/2019 | Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (37-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
02/21/2019 | Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 19106735D-S1 (0-Y 99-N) |
02/21/2019 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2019 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/21/2019 | House acceded to request |
02/21/2019 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/21/2019 | Delegates: Peace, Adams, L.R., Hope |
02/21/2019 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/21/2019 | Senators: Carrico, Obenshain, Petersen |
02/22/2019 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/22/2019 | Conference substitute printed 19107667D-H2 |
02/23/2019 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2019 | Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) |
02/23/2019 | VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2019 | Enrolled |
03/07/2019 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1911ER) |
03/07/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
03/09/2019 | Signed by President |
03/11/2019 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019 |
03/11/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 |
03/11/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1911ER) |
03/12/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1911ER) |
03/22/2019 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
03/22/2019 | Governor's substitute printed 19107782D-H3 |
04/03/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
04/03/2019 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N) |
04/03/2019 | VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (32-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Passed by temporarily |
04/03/2019 | Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (11-Y 27-N) (see vote tally) |
04/03/2019 | Communicated to Governor |
04/03/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019 |
04/29/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 850 (effective 7/1/19) |
04/29/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0850) |
Comments
Daily evidence exists that law enforcement officials place themselves and others in danger by parking alongside high-speed traffic corridors, exiting their vehicles and requiring citizens to do the same. Plain sight evidence shows that this tactic slows traffic in all lanes, often in both directions of a four-lane highway, restricting the free flow of transportation. Since the behavior is one of the most dangerous choices that a law enforcement officer can consciously make, it is incumbent that a different safety model be employed instead of further criminalizing citizens and businesses transiting public highways. Only under the most adverse conditions, e.g., a traffic accident in which vehicles cannot be immediately moved off the roadway, should government employees exit their vehicles along a high-speed roadway. The law should direct citizens and law enforcement to proceed to the nearest exit before stopping.
Making a traffic or emergency stop on the side of our Nation’s highways is one of the most dangerous things law enforcement officers do in the line of duty.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/communications/pdf/MoveOver_QA.pdf