Vulnerable road user safety zones; VDOT to develop criteria & recommendations for designation.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed Apr 13, 2026
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What changed between versions
Finance and Appropriations Substitute
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Enrolled
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1 edit
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Apr 13, 2026
MINOR
The bill was finalized as an enrolled act, removing draft headers and committee notes. A minor technical correction was made to the citation of the Code of Virginia, changing the spacing in the section number to ensure proper legal reference. No substantive policy changes regarding funding, dates, or enforcement were made.
TECHNICAL
Corrected the formatting of the legal citation for the definition of vulnerable road users to include a non-breaking space before the section number.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 11, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 5, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
12
Committee
8
Apr 13, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 906 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 31, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB832ER)
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
lower
Mar 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (12-Y 6-N)
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2026
Committee
Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate committee offered
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26105294D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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