republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1384.md

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Bill	Motor carrier size and weight limitations; with federal law.	Amends several size and weight provisions to comply with the federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (the FAST Act). The bill (i) allows automobile and watercraft carriers to backhaul general cargo; (ii) permits the commercial delivery of towaway trailers within limits prescribed by the FAST Act; (iii) increases the weight limits of certain emergency vehicles, natural gas vehicles, and emergency towing vehicles as required by the FAST Act; (iv) increases the weight at which a vehicle must be inspected at a permanent weighing station; (v) makes overweight permits available for tank vehicles hauling fluid milk; and (vi) permits contractors of a Medicaid Managed Care Organization to obtain a certificate of fitness as a nonemergency medical transportation carrier.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1384	Virginia SB 1384 (2017)	bill	Highways Bridges and Ferries Motor Carriers Motor Vehicles	enacted	Charles W. Carrico, Sr.	4	20	6	2017-01-11	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/f63c040c-f527-4aff-87ae-b4825e23abca	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1384	2ad8e2924df79cb99093c56f4dacb20e99d076780702f27ef1b03d6c20eaeba6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1384 (2017) — Motor carrier size and weight limitations; with federal law.

Amends several size and weight provisions to comply with the federal Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (the FAST Act). The bill (i) allows automobile and watercraft carriers to backhaul general cargo; (ii) permits the commercial delivery of towaway trailers within limits prescribed by the FAST Act; (iii) increases the weight limits of certain emergency vehicles, natural gas vehicles, and emergency towing vehicles as required by the FAST Act; (iv) increases the weight at which a vehicle must be inspected at a permanent weighing station; (v) makes overweight permits available for tank vehicles hauling fluid milk; and (vi) permits contractors of a Medicaid Managed Care Organization to obtain a certificate of fitness as a nonemergency medical transportation carrier.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0554) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1384ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102157D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17102157D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102157D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1384E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17102157D-E
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 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
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f63c040c-f527-4aff-87ae-b4825e23abca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).