---
type: "Bill"
title: "Headlights; aftermarket modifications, blue lights."
description: "Headlights; aftermarket modifications, blue lights."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 855"
citation: "Virginia SB 855 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spruill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-30"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27e93d50-a7d9-4318-a139-1cb52b838369"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB855"
source_hash: "acee800ea5c03f36e0bf931aadcf44378dd73f36db963c599ebfa02faee9153f"
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 855 (2023) — Headlights; aftermarket modifications, blue lights.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0689** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0689)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101439D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB855)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101439D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB855E)
4. **SB855ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB855ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendments (12-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Spruill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101439D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with amendments (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB855E
- **2023-01-24** Printed as engrossed 23101439D-E
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB855E)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House (87-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB855ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB855ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27e93d50-a7d9-4318-a139-1cb52b838369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).