(Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling) Allows school systems to support walking and biking buses where teachers or parents escort groups of kids to school safely without losing transportation funding from the Commonwealth.

(Delegate Betsy Carr, Delegate Rozia Henson) Expands authority of any locality to reduce speed limit to less than 25 MPH, but not less than 15 MPH, on roadways within the state highway system, and with the appropriate signage.

(Senator Danica Roem) Expands placement of speed cameras to include areas with record or traffic fatalities. This will help reduce traffic injuries and fatalities for pedestrians and bicyclists.

(Delegate Michael Jones) Allows localities to place speed cameras anywhere necessary with appropriate signage to record violations related to vehicles exceeding speed limits.

(Delegate Michael Jones) Expands definition of school zones to include surrounding areas where student presence requires a warning to motorists. Additionally, this definition expands to include public institutions of higher education and nonprofit institutions of higher education. This will expand the placement of speed cameras at any location meeting the expanded definition. Incorporated into HB 1072.

(Delegate Chris Runion) Requires additional signage within proximity of speed cameras.

(Delegate Holly Seibold) Allows localities to expand placement of speed cameras on highways with a speed limit of 45 miles per hour or less that is located in a priority pedestrian corridor, as identified in VDOT’s Pedestrian Safety Action Plan. This establishes requirements and procedures for the use of speed cameras, extending similar regulations as those applied in school crossing zones and highway work zones, and requiring additional signage. Incorporated into HB 20.

(Delegate Rip Sullivan) Allows bicyclists using a bike lane or travel lane to proceed on a pedestrian walk signal. While existing law allows cyclists using the crosswalk to proceed on a walk signal, this will extend to those in a bike lane or travel lane. This will improve bicyclist safety and reduce bicyclists-pedestrian conflicts.

(Delegate Rozia Henson) Expands authority of any locality to reduce speed limit to less than 25 MPH, but not less than 15 MPH, on roadways within the state highway system, and with the appropriate signage. Incorporated into HB 1071.

(Delegate Irene Shin) Allows localities to place speed cameras anywhere necessary with appropriate signage to record violations related to vehicles exceeding speed limits. Incorporated into HB 20.

(Delegate Betsy Carr) Expands definition of school zones to include surrounding areas where student presence requires a warning to motorists. Additionally, this definition expands to include public institutions of higher education and nonprofit institutions of higher education. This will expand the placement of speed cameras at any location meeting the expanded definition.

(Delegate Betsy Carr) Allows bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield sings under limited circumstances. This will improve bicyclist safety and encourage more people to bike, which will reduce transportation-generated emissions.

(Delegate Rodney Willett) The “Bicyclist Safety Act” improves bicyclist safety by allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield sings under limited circumstances, allowing side-by-side bicycling with speed limits less than 30 MPH, and clarifying when drivers should change lanes to pass bicyclists and when bicyclists are required to ride as far as the right as practicable.

(Senator Danica Roem) Requires that ten percent of surplus funds from Virginia’s general fund revenues be allocated to Virginia’s Highway Safety Improvement Program, rather than going into the State general budget expenditures.

(Senator Adam Ebbin) Properly defines “careless or distracted manner” to include failure to operate a motor vehicle carefully, operating a motor vehicle while engaged in another activity that diverts a driver’s attention, such as texting, eating, or adjusting devices, or operating a motor in violation of other motor vehicle regulations. This would increase penalties for killing or injuring vulnerable road users, aiming to discourage careless driving.