republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1279.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages.	Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1279	Virginia SB 1279 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Ryan T. McDougle	3	16	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ba294411-a058-40d9-af32-86f238e07a67	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1279	aeca10327be3daa453b32fb43cb1cb850003c7826b1f235d4c1d228e97ec822a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1279 (2017) — Flashing amber lights; vehicles used to collect and deliver packages.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1279ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102250D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 22–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102250D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Enrolled
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
• 2017-02-23 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba294411-a058-40d9-af32-86f238e07a67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).