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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amateur radio operators; use of flashing amber lights."
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description: "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."
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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 2453"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2453 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["N.D. \"Rocky\" Holcomb III"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-03-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97598996-2b42-4a96-8e41-4b453c1d8bda"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2453"
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source_hash: "21e9ab2dc4e65483c17188ac6cbdf285b5c367c54f04183e00b781191381ec56"
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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 2453 (2017) — Amateur radio operators; use of flashing amber lights.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0326)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0326)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2453ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2453ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104164D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2453)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17104164D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2453E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **22–18** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **91–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **11–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17104164D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** 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 amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2453E
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- **2017-02-06** Printed as engrossed 17104164D-E
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-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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- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (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/97598996-2b42-4a96-8e41-4b453c1d8bda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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