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| Bill | Light units; candlepower to lumens. | Light units; candlepower to lumens. States the limits on brightness for certain lights in vehicles in lumens. Current law provides such restrictions in candlepower only. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 445 | Virginia HB 445 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 445 (2020) — Light units; candlepower to lumens.
Light units; candlepower to lumens. States the limits on brightness for certain lights in vehicles in lumens. Current law provides such restrictions in candlepower only.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB445ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103516D
introduction - 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106314D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20106314D-H1
- 2020-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1
- 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-29 VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-06 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-06 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66503beb-04e7-4d10-a6b7-3cfd0f671d09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).