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| Bill | Vehicles used for agricultural purposes; reflectors/reflectorized material on rear end of trailers. | Vehicles used for agricultural purposes. Provides that trailers and semitrailers used for certain agricultural purposes may be operated without tail lights or brake lights on the highways of the Commonwealth, except in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia), that are not interstate highways between sunrise and sunset, provided that such trailer or semitrailer has affixed to the rear end either (i) two or more reflectors of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police or (ii) at least 100 square inches of solid reflectorized material. The bill requires such a trailer or semitrailer operated without tail lights or brake lights to keep to the rightmost lane, except when turning at an intersection or avoiding any hazard. The bill also prohibits the operation of such a trailer or semitrailer operated without tail lights or brake lights whenever (a) certain conditions reducing visibility are present or (b) windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2458 | Virginia HB 2458 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2458 (2025) — Vehicles used for agricultural purposes; reflectors/reflectorized material on rear end of trailers.
Vehicles used for agricultural purposes. Provides that trailers and semitrailers used for certain agricultural purposes may be operated without tail lights or brake lights on the highways of the Commonwealth, except in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia), that are not interstate highways between sunrise and sunset, provided that such trailer or semitrailer has affixed to the rear end either (i) two or more reflectors of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police or (ii) at least 100 square inches of solid reflectorized material. The bill requires such a trailer or semitrailer operated without tail lights or brake lights to keep to the rightmost lane, except when turning at an intersection or avoiding any hazard. The bill also prohibits the operation of such a trailer or semitrailer operated without tail lights or brake lights whenever (a) certain conditions reducing visibility are present or (b) windshield wipers are in use as a result of fog, rain, sleet, or snow.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Obenshain, Mark D. Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Senator Roem, Danica A. Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- House rejected Governor's amendments #'s 2-7 (46-Y 50-N) — 46–50 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- House rejected Governor's amendment #1 (45-Y 51-N) — 45–51 (fail) · lower
- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N) — 92–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102015D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106089D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Transportation Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Transportation with amendment (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-19 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-19 Transportation Amendment rejected
amendment-failure - 2025-02-19 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-20 Senator Roem, Danica A. Amendments rejected
amendment-failure - 2025-02-20 Senator Obenshain, Mark D. Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-20 Passed Senate with amendments (33-Y 6-N)
passage - 2025-02-20 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2458ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
executive-veto-line-item - 2025-04-02 House rejected Governor's amendment #1 (45-Y 51-N)
veto-override-passage - 2025-04-02 House rejected Governor's amendments #'s 2-7 (46-Y 50-N)
veto-override-passage - 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
- 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/041dbfd4-aee4-45d2-9778-5fcfa611ca7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).