---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sergeant Lawrence G. Sprader, Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating as the Middle Road over interstate."
description: "Designates the bridge on Middle Road over Interstate 295 in Prince George County the \"Sgt. Lawrence G. Sprader, Jr., Memorial Bridge.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1159"
citation: "Virginia HB 1159 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily M. Brewer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/867e25f5-97ac-4fbc-aadc-d42c73277b66"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1159"
source_hash: "ba5c5b277e7b13eb17e392218f114b03fdd160c7c928a036b8332eaabbcb4d09"
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 HB 1159 (2018) — Sergeant Lawrence G. Sprader, Jr., Memorial Bridge; designating as the Middle Road over interstate.

Designates the bridge on Middle Road over Interstate 295 in Prince George County the "Sgt. Lawrence G. Sprader, Jr., Memorial Bridge."

## Version chain

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

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1159ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1159ER)
2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101692D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1159)
3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101692D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1159E)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **21–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101692D `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2018-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB1159E
- **2018-01-26** Printed as engrossed 18101692D-E
- **2018-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/867e25f5-97ac-4fbc-aadc-d42c73277b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).