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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.

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

Votes

  • Reported from Transportation — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 131 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 971 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 391 (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).