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Bill Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights. Green warning lights, snow plows and vehicles equipped with truck-mounted attenuators. Authorizes snow plows used for clearing or removing snow on or along public highways and vehicles equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator that are used in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways or utilities on or along public highways to be equipped with and use either (i) flashing, blinking, or alternating amber warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police or (ii) alternating amber and green warning lights of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police. The bill requires that warning lights be lit only when performing the functions that qualify them to be equipped with such lights and that if a vehicle is equipped with multiple warning lights that are alternating amber and green warning lights, such lights shall be used synchronously with each other. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 437 Virginia SB 437 (2026)
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Virginia SB 437 (2026) — Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights.

Green warning lights, snow plows and vehicles equipped with truck-mounted attenuators. Authorizes snow plows used for clearing or removing snow on or along public highways and vehicles equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator that are used in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways or utilities on or along public highways to be equipped with and use either (i) flashing, blinking, or alternating amber warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police or (ii) alternating amber and green warning lights of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police. The bill requires that warning lights be lit only when performing the functions that qualify them to be equipped with such lights and that if a vehicle is equipped with multiple warning lights that are alternating amber and green warning lights, such lights shall be used synchronously with each other.

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. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  6. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Concur House Substitute R — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation with amendments — 104 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsider R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 90 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsider R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 382 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102372D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-01-26 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-27 Transportation Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-28 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
  • 2026-01-28 Committee amendments reconsidered
  • 2026-01-28 Transportation Amendment rejected amendment-failure
  • 2026-01-28 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-28 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
  • 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
  • 2026-03-04 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-03-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-03-04 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108950D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-03-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-10 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-03-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-10 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-11 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) substitution
  • 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e15f799c-5e4c-4601-a0a4-bad77f8f4e77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).