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| Bill | Amateur radio operators; use of flashing amber lights. | Permits vehicles used or operated by federally licensed amateur radio operators participating in emergency communications drills on behalf of federal, state, or local authorities or providing communications services to localities for public service events authorized by the Department of Transportation where the event is being conducted to be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating amber lights, provided that the lights are not lit while the vehicle is in motion. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2017 | HB 2453 | Virginia HB 2453 (2017) |
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Virginia HB 2453 (2017) — Amateur radio operators; use of flashing amber lights.
Permits vehicles used or operated by federally licensed amateur radio operators participating in emergency communications drills on behalf of federal, state, or local authorities or providing communications services to localities for public service events authorized by the Department of Transportation where the event is being conducted to be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating amber lights, provided that the lights are not lit while the vehicle is in motion.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0326) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2453ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Presented and ordered printed 17104164D (committee substitute) — source
- House: Printed as engrossed 17104164D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate — 22–18 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendments — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — 91–5 (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — 11–2 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17104164D
introduction - 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2017-01-24 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2017-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2453E
- 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17104164D-E
- 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2017-02-20 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-23 Enrolled
- 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-24 Signed by President
- 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/97598996-2b42-4a96-8e41-4b453c1d8bda. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).