Speed Limits
Status: Failed - Died
Date of Last Action: 02/13/2008*
Author: Harshman (R)
Summary: Relates to motor vehicles, establishes a separate speed limit for large vehicles as specified.
History:
02/13/2008 - INTRODUCED.
02/13/2008 - Withdrawn from further consideration.
Status: Enacted - Chapter No. 122
Date of Last Action: 02/23/2007 - Enacted*
Author: Von Flatern (R)
Summary: Relates to speed limits, allows the department of transportation superintendent to consider vehicle and weather emergencies in regulating maximum speed.
History:
01/22/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/23/2007 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAYS AND...
Status: Enacted - Chapter No. 193
Date of Last Action: 03/12/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Geis (R)
Summary: Relates to the regulation of traffic, provides increased penalties for speeding in vehicles with a gross vehicle weight in excess of a specified amount, specifies the speeding offenses to which the increased penalties apply.
History:
01/13/2009 - INTRODUCED.
01/15/...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Ways and Means Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/11/2008*
Author: Nuovo (D)
Summary: Authorizes the legislative body of a municipality to set the speed limit down to 15 miles per hour on town highways and on state highways within their jurisdiction that have 20 or more residences within one-quarter of a mile.
History:
01/11/2008 -...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 03/01/2007*
Author: Spengler (D)
Summary: Establishes a maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour on the interstate highways.
History:
03/01/2007 - INTRODUCED.
03/01/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Pending - Carryover - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 03/05/2009*
Author: Spengler (D)
Summary: Reduces the maximum speed limit to 55 miles per hour.
History:
03/05/2009 - INTRODUCED.
03/17/2009 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/07/2007*
Author: Obuchowski (D)
Summary: Authorizes enforcement officers to use handheld photo radar to detect speeders.
History:
02/07/2007 - INTRODUCED.
02/08/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 222.
Date of Last Action: 03/09/2007 - Enacted*
Author: Fralin (R)
Summary: Relates to maximum speed limits, provides for analysis of available and appropriate accident and law-enforcement data.
History:
01/10/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/10/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
01/30/2007 - From HOUSE Committee on...
Status: Failed - HOUSE
Date of Last Action: 01/10/2007*
Author: Hurt (R)
Summary: Relates to highway safety corridors, relates to speeding.
History:
01/10/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/10/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
01/18/2007 - From HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION: Recommended re-referred.
01/18/2007 - Re-referred to HOUSE Committee on COURTS OF JUSTICE...
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 74.
Date of Last Action: 02/25/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Toscano (D)
Summary: Adds Albemarle County to the list of counties providing that the maximum speed limit on non-surface treated highways (dirt roads) is 35 miles per hour.
History:
01/12/2009 - PREFILED.
01/14/2009 - INTRODUCED.
01/14/2009 - To HOUSE Committee on...
Status: Failed - Died
Date of Last Action: 01/14/2009*
Author: Morrissey (D)
Summary: Provides for a 70 mph speed limit on I-295 between Williamsburg Road in Henrico County and the I-295/I-95 interchange in Prince George County and on I-95 between the I-295/I-95 interchange in Prince George County and North Carolina.
History:
01/12/2009 - PREFILED.
01/14/2009 -...
Status: Failed - Died
Date of Last Action: 01/18/2008*
Author: Crockett-Stark (R)
Summary: Grants counties certain powers with regard to setting speed limits and performing maintenance along county roads.
History:
01/18/2008 - INTRODUCED.
01/18/2008 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
02/12/2008 - Left in committee.
Status: Failed - Withdrawn from further consideration
Date of Last Action: 01/14/2009*
Author: Vogel (R)
Summary: Allows towns to increase the 25 mph speed limit on roads in business and residence districts if the roads carry high volumes of traffic and no businesses or residences front the road where the speed limit would be increased.
History:
01/14/2009 -...
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 544
Date of Last Action: 03/19/2007 - Enacted*
Author: Bell (R)
Summary: Requires that before speed limits are increased, traffic engineering study must be performed and analysis of accident and law enforcement data must performed.
History:
12/22/2006 - PREFILED.
12/22/2006 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
01/...
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 165.
Date of Last Action: 03/03/2008 - Enacted*
Author: Saxman (R)
Summary: Provides for a maximum speed limit on any highway designated a rural rustic road, regardless of whether that speed limit is posted or not.
History:
01/04/2008 - PREFILED.
01/09/2008 - INTRODUCED.
01/09/2008 - To HOUSE Committee on...
