Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

4.3 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

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
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 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)
bill
enacted
Roxann L. Robinson
4 24 6 2020-01-03 2020-03-23 openstates ocd-bill/66503beb-04e7-4d10-a6b7-3cfd0f671d09 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB445 3c488b262d21b5e8def5b1166d6d4c38302aa8de8abff9b676630ff86149bcaa 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

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.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB445ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB445H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (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).