---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forest products, hauling; expands definition to include rough-sawn green lumber."
description: "Expands for the purpose of issuing an overweight permit for hauling forest products the definition of forest products to include rough-sawn green lumber."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "Virginia HB 125 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-12-18"
last_action: "2018-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/522cda6c-d5c3-4643-892f-3b2d018962c0"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB125"
source_hash: "377286a029413d6d5542ba713c960cb2bcc691fa0ea209ebc7e8d755f1702090"
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 125 (2018) — Forest products, hauling; expands definition to include rough-sawn green lumber.

Expands for the purpose of issuing an overweight permit for hauling forest products the definition of forest products to include rough-sawn green lumber.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0012)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0012)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB125ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB125ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105437D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB125H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100732D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB125)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100732D `introduction`
- **2017-12-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 18105437D-H1
- **2018-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB125H1
- **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`
- **2018-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-13** Enrolled
- **2018-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-14** Signed by President
- **2018-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/15/18
- **2018-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (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/522cda6c-d5c3-4643-892f-3b2d018962c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).