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2019 SESSION

19100682D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1786
Offered January 9, 2019
Prefiled December 27, 2018
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles on sidewalks.
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Patrons-- Hurst and Lindsey
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Referred to Committee on Transportation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-903 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles other than bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, or other power-driven mobility device on sidewalks.

No person shall ride or drive any vehicle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth other than (i) an emergency vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-920,; (ii) a vehicle engaged in snow or ice removal and control operations,; (iii) a wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, whether self-propelled or otherwise,; (iv) a bicycle,; (v) an electric personal assistive mobility device, or; (vi) an electric power-assisted bicycle on the sidewalks of any county, city, or town of the Commonwealth; or (vii) an other power-driven mobility device, as that term is defined in 28 CFR 35.104.