---
type: "Bill"
title: "Warning light units, certain; increases number of units person may equip on one vehicle, etc."
description: "Certain warning light units. Increases from two to four the number of flashing or steady-burning red or red and white combination warning light units with which a member of a fire department, volunteer fire company, or volunteer emergency medical services agency and any police chaplain may equip one vehicle owned by him. This bill is identical to SB 150."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 15"
citation: "Virginia HB 15 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. McNamara"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-12-08"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6331997f-e2af-4749-89a2-3a3ba490ebae"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB15"
source_hash: "dbcd2dacfcc94424c6d5eef8ab2379aaded1a2171b3e723a251f87bd659c2580"
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 15 (2024) — Warning light units, certain; increases number of units person may equip on one vehicle, etc.

Certain warning light units. Increases from two to four the number of flashing or steady-burning red or red and white combination warning light units with which a member of a fire department, volunteer fire company, or volunteer emergency medical services agency and any police chaplain may equip one vehicle owned by him. This bill is identical to SB 150.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0076** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0076)
2. **HB15ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB15ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101443D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB15)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. McNamara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101443D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB15)
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB15ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB15ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6331997f-e2af-4749-89a2-3a3ba490ebae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).