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SB832 • 2026

Vulnerable road user safety zones; VDOT to develop criteria & recommendations for designation.

An Act to direct the Department of Transportation to develop criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Srinivasan
Last action
2026-04-13
Official status
Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Approved by Governor-Chapter 906 (effective 7/1/2026)

  2. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0906)

  3. 2026-04-13 Governor

    Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0906)

  4. 2026-04-01 Senate

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB832)

  5. 2026-03-31 Senate

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  6. 2026-03-31 Governor

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  7. 2026-03-31 House

    Signed by Speaker

  8. 2026-03-31 Senate

    Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

  9. 2026-03-31 Governor

    Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  10. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Signed by President

  11. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Enrolled

  12. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB832ER)

  13. 2026-03-11 House

    Read third time

  14. 2026-03-11 House

    Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)

  15. 2026-03-10 House

    Read second time

  16. 2026-03-06 Rules

    Reported from Rules (12-Y 6-N)

  17. 2026-03-02 Studies Subcommittee

    Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)

  18. 2026-03-01 Studies Subcommittee

    Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee

  19. 2026-02-12 House

    Placed on Calendar

  20. 2026-02-12 House

    Read first time

  21. 2026-02-12 Rules

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  22. 2026-02-09 Senate

    Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A)

  23. 2026-02-09 Finance and Appropriations

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB832)

  24. 2026-02-06 Senate

    Read second time

  25. 2026-02-06 Senate

    Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  26. 2026-02-06 Finance and Appropriations

    Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  27. 2026-02-06 Senate

    Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  28. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Rules suspended

  30. 2026-02-05 Finance and Appropriations

    Committee substitute printed 26107149D-S1

  31. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  32. 2026-02-05 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  33. 2026-02-04 Finance and Appropriations

    Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  34. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Senate committee offered

  35. 2026-01-29 Transportation

    Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)

  36. 2026-01-23 Senate

    Presented and ordered printed 26105294D

  37. 2026-01-23 Transportation

    Referred to Committee on Transportation

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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An Act to direct the Department of Transportation to develop criteria and recommendations for the potential designation of vulnerable road user safety zones in the Commonwealth.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1.
§ 1. That the Department of Transportation (the Department) shall 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. In developing such criteria and recommendations, the Department shall consider (i) crash data, injury reports, severity statistics, and fatality statistics from the previous five years; (ii) the 25 highway segments in the Commonwealth with the highest rates of crashes, injuries, or fatalities involving vulnerable road users as that term is defined in §
46.2-816.1
of the Code of Virginia; (iii) potential safety improvements and how to fund them; (iv) fiscal implications of additional automated traffic enforcement civil penalties in any designated vulnerable road user safety zones; (v) fiscal implications of any potential fines, fees, and costs for related criminal convictions; and (vi) any other relevant information and data. The Department shall 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.