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VA HB1010

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/14/2026

Primary Sponsor

Kathy Tran

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes local governments in Virginia to designate "vulnerable pedestrian zones" on any highway within 750 feet of child day centers or large children's sports complexes (facilities with more than 150 enrolled children)

  • Allows localities to reduce speed limits in designated vulnerable pedestrian zones by ordinance, with 30-day written notice required to the Commissioner of Highways for state highways

  • Requires the child day center or sports complex to agree to pay for all signage costs, including zone warning signs within 500 feet of the designated area

  • Defines "large children's sports complex" as facilities primarily designed for amateur and youth sports with enrolled programs exceeding 150 children

  • Grants localities authority to restore previously reduced speed limits and establishes that this section takes precedence over conflicting provisions in existing state highway and speed limit statutes

Legislative Description

School crossing zones; large children's sports complexes. Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia).

Last Action

Left in Committee Transportation

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Transportation2/18/2026
Transportation: Innovations (Ad Hoc)1/27/2026
Transportation1/14/2026

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