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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1491: School crossing zones; institutions of higher education.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1491 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School crossing zones; institutions of higher education. Primary sponsor: Lamont Bagby (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2025): Left in Transportation.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

School crossing zones; institutions of higher education. Expands the definition of "school crossing zone" to include areas surrounding schools where the presence of students reasonably requires a special warning to motorists and provides that the term "school" includes public institutions of higher education and nonprofit private institutions of higher education. Currently, the definition of "school crossing zone" includes only areas surrounding schools where the presence of children requires such warning. Existing provisions of law allowing photo speed monitoring devices to be installed in school crossing zones will apply to any location that meets the expanded definition.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lamont BagbyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Transportation
  2. Referred to Committee on Transportation
  3. Read first time
  4. Placed on Calendar
  5. Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
  6. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
  9. Transportation Substitute agreed to
  10. Reading of substitute waived
  11. Read second time
  12. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1491)

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source