republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2585.md

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Bill	Sheriffs; standard motor vehicle markings.	Requires that all marked motor vehicles used by sheriffs' offices conspicuously display on each front side door of such vehicles the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" and the name of the county or city. Current law requires such vehicles to be solid dark brown or some other solid color, with a reflectorized gold, five-point star on each front side door and requires that the lettering on such stars say "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" in a half-circle above the Seal of the Commonwealth or the seal of the jurisdiction. Current law also requires that the name of the county or city be placed in a half-circle below the Seal and the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" be placed on the rear of the trunk.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2585	Virginia HB 2585 (2019)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Motor Vehicles Sheriffs	enacted	C. Todd Gilbert	7	20	6	2019-01-09	2019-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4f844c6a-3a76-4455-bba9-d1701b883b33	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2585	3d7b35773c62a5deac89bd03e5c08694972287b905f311ebb65152bb6a094b00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2585 (2019) — Sheriffs; standard motor vehicle markings.

Requires that all marked motor vehicles used by sheriffs' offices conspicuously display on each front side door of such vehicles the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" and the name of the county or city. Current law requires such vehicles to be solid dark brown or some other solid color, with a reflectorized gold, five-point star on each front side door and requires that the lettering on such stars say "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" in a half-circle above the Seal of the Commonwealth or the seal of the jurisdiction. Current law also requires that the name of the county or city be placed in a half-circle below the Seal and the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" be placed on the rear of the trunk.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0298) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2585ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Committee substitute printed 19104778D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102659D (committee substitute) — source
7. House: Printed as engrossed 19104778D-EH1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House — 91–5 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102659D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2019-01-15 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2019-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 19104778D-H1
• 2019-01-31 Amendment by Delegate Gilbert agreed to amendment-passage
• 2019-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2585EH1
• 2019-01-31 Printed as engrossed 19104778D-EH1
• 2019-02-01 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-04 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Enrolled
• 2019-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
• 2019-02-27 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f844c6a-3a76-4455-bba9-d1701b883b33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).