---
type: "Bill"
title: "Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles may be equipped with and use."
description: "Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles. Authorizes the use of green warning lights on vehicles displaying a permanent farm use placard, farm vehicles, farm tractors, and farm utility vehicles while operating on or along a highway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 646"
citation: "Virginia HB 646 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hillary Pugh Kent"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fa5f360-9db6-4038-8569-2fcaf697f188"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB646"
source_hash: "5fd75bc53942ad043acffed5ec437353d1486ced3534289ef712f59bb2c3e59f"
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 646 (2026) — Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles may be equipped with and use.

Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles. Authorizes the use of green warning lights on vehicles displaying a permanent farm use placard, farm vehicles, farm tractors, and farm utility vehicles while operating on or along a highway.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1085324.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216865.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197800.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102655D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB646)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB646ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB646)
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3fa5f360-9db6-4038-8569-2fcaf697f188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).