republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-557.md

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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	VDOT; electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 17.	Department of Transportation; electronic speed indicator signs; U.S. Route 17. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to place at least six permanent electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 17 near particular intersections in Fauquier County. This bill is identical to HB 941.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 557	Virginia SB 557 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jill Holtzman Vogel	4	39	12	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/5a52c748-7b9e-4417-a17a-4cfd23778663	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB557	05b80bf0ef73bf91bb72d74d0288f33d4fb4c4f229c2c7a03968129fd63f440d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 557 (2020) — VDOT; electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 17.

Department of Transportation; electronic speed indicator signs; U.S. Route 17. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to place at least six permanent electronic speed indicator signs on U.S. Route 17 near particular intersections in Fauquier County. This bill is identical to HB 941.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1025) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB557ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB557E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB557) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 21-N) — 73–21 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104606D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB557)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB557E
• 2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20104606D-E
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB557E)
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed House (74-Y 21-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 21-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB557ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1025 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a52c748-7b9e-4417-a17a-4cfd23778663. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).