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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor carrier size and weight limitations; with federal law."
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 1384"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1384 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Motor Carriers", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f63c040c-f527-4aff-87ae-b4825e23abca"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1384"
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source_hash: "2ad8e2924df79cb99093c56f4dacb20e99d076780702f27ef1b03d6c20eaeba6"
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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 SB 1384 (2017) — Motor carrier size and weight limitations; with federal law.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0554)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0554)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1384ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1384ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102157D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1384)
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4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17102157D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1384E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102157D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-30** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2017-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1384E
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- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17102157D-E
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- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/17
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- **2017-02-23** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 554 (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/f63c040c-f527-4aff-87ae-b4825e23abca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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