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Bill Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles. Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles. Authorizes the use of amber warning lights on vehicles used by a local department of social services to respond to a request for assistance from law-enforcement agency personnel. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1856 Virginia HB 1856 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1856 (2025) — Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles.

Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles. Authorizes the use of amber warning lights on vehicles used by a local department of social services to respond to a request for assistance from law-enforcement agency personnel.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — 362 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101894D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-01-14 Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-16 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-20 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-21 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-22 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-22 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-01-22 Passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-23 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2025-02-06 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-10 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1856ER) passage
  • 2025-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1856)
  • 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ceca21df-8ccf-4e07-8c5f-0f4fbc7e7a26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).