AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- RIGHT-OF-WAY
Summary
Amends the general law relative to right-of-way of pedestrians to reference the schedule of violations for the adjudication of traffic offenses contained in § 31.41.1-4.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Mar 4, 2026
Signed Jun 24, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jun 4, 2026
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
Jun 4, 2026
D
Democratic32
93% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Jun 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/04/2026 Senate read and passed
upper
Jun 2, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Apr 9, 2026
Committee
04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 4, 2026
Introduced
03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
P
Matt LaMountain
DDemocratic
P
Walter Felag
DDemocratic
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