---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal-drawn vehicles; lights on other vehicles, reflectors."
description: "Animal-drawn vehicles; lights on other vehicles, reflectors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 938"
citation: "Virginia SB 938 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruff"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a8c6025-a6ba-41f8-9637-3cebc004f126"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB938"
source_hash: "5ea163c94f61515aa028b88f1c3c2ab7cf9abbac3ecf85ba7b34c6a86fcfa75d"
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 938 (2023) — Animal-drawn vehicles; lights on other vehicles, reflectors.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0324** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0324)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106958D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB938H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102557D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB938)
4. **SB938ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB938ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ruff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102557D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB938)
- **2023-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **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** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106958D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB938H1)
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106958D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB938H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Title replaced 23106958D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB938ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB938ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 324 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0324)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a8c6025-a6ba-41f8-9637-3cebc004f126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).