---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages."
description: "Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1279"
citation: "Virginia SB 1279 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba294411-a058-40d9-af32-86f238e07a67"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1279"
source_hash: "aeca10327be3daa453b32fb43cb1cb850003c7826b1f235d4c1d228e97ec822a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1279 (2017) — Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0333)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1279ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102250D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1279)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102250D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba294411-a058-40d9-af32-86f238e07a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).