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| Bill | Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles may be equipped with and use. | Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles. Authorizes the use of green warning lights on vehicles displaying a permanent farm use placard, farm vehicles, farm tractors, and farm utility vehicles while operating on or along a highway. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 646 | Virginia HB 646 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 646 (2026) — Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles may be equipped with and use.
Green warning lights; certain farm vehicles. Authorizes the use of green warning lights on vehicles displaying a permanent farm use placard, farm vehicles, farm tractors, and farm utility vehicles while operating on or along a highway.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102655D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB646)
- 2026-02-03 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-02 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB646ER)
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB646)
- 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 190 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0190)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3fa5f360-9db6-4038-8569-2fcaf697f188. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).