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type: "Bill"
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title: "Overweight permits; hauling Virginia-grown farm produce, validity."
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description: "Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits that are valid statewide for vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm produce from the point of origin to the first place of delivery. Under current law, such permits are valid only in Accomack and Northampton Counties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1519"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1519 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-12-22"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0849235-a60d-4577-95e9-2d943f2cdabf"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1519"
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source_hash: "ca9b8a38be3a56858049633b47214cc163de78d097779c5602f63548a656c5d8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1519 (2017) — Overweight permits; hauling Virginia-grown farm produce, validity.
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Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue overweight permits that are valid statewide for vehicles hauling Virginia-grown farm produce from the point of origin to the first place of delivery. Under current law, such permits are valid only in Accomack and Northampton Counties.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0693)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1519ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105046D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101088D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1519)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
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- Les R. Adams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101088D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105046D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1519H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0849235-a60d-4577-95e9-2d943f2cdabf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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