republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-991.md

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Bill	Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate.	Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate. Requires firefighting equipment to comply with existing weight limitations for emergency vehicles on interstate highways. Current law exempts firefighting equipment from all size and weight limitations. The bill exempts emergency vehicles registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company from any fee typically charged for the issuance of an overweight permit for such vehicle.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 991	Virginia HB 991 (2020)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	4	30	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/badd122e-58dc-4b85-9b51-ad164b579bbe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB991	8b874c987f20b30987955351e0ee3be975c9dda3f3e4b3d0893ed368424eb313	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 991 (2020) — Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate.

Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate. Requires firefighting equipment to comply with existing weight limitations for emergency vehicles on interstate highways. Current law exempts firefighting equipment from all size and weight limitations. The bill exempts emergency vehicles registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company from any fee typically charged for the issuance of an overweight permit for such vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0975) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB991ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB991E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB991) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — 90–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105111D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-21 Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB991)
• 2020-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB991E
• 2020-01-24 Printed as engrossed 20105111D-E
• 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-27 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
• 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB991E)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (14-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 by for the day
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB991ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 975 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/badd122e-58dc-4b85-9b51-ad164b579bbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).