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type: "Bill"
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title: "Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 437"
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citation: "Virginia SB 437 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15f799c-5e4c-4601-a0a4-bad77f8f4e77"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB437"
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source_hash: "c1a0bb6ba2f9fabcc4ff564b22e8515e561515ea859255f50c9d8636114b2968"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 437 (2026) — Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090272.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218114.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097343.PDF)
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4. **Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195125.PDF)
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5. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096738.HTML)
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6. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196374.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211973.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **10–4** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **38–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102372D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-27** Transportation Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-28** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
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- **2026-01-28** Committee amendments reconsidered
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- **2026-01-28** Transportation Amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-01-28** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-28** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
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- **2026-02-20** Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-04** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-03-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Committee substitute printed 26108950D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e15f799c-5e4c-4601-a0a4-bad77f8f4e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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