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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; covered & unlit lighting devices."
description: "Provides that if certain lighting devices are unlit, have a clear lens, and have a clear reflector if the lighting device has a reflector, then a vehicle equipped with such lighting device may be operated on the highways without covering the lighting device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1354"
citation: "Virginia HB 1354 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed60fd6-d20a-4314-968b-46d82db28d6a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1354"
source_hash: "794e5f4bc8a1fd687e436a57e37ad5404db5400d4fd1f129993da25374286201"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1354 (2018) — Motor vehicles; covered & unlit lighting devices.
Provides that if certain lighting devices are unlit, have a clear lens, and have a clear reflector if the lighting device has a reflector, then a vehicle equipped with such lighting device may be operated on the highways without covering the lighting device.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1354ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1354ER)
2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18106401D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1354H1)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104537D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1354)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **980** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **70** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **380** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 18104537D `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Assigned Transportation sub: Ad Hoc Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 18106401D-H1
- **2018-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1354H1
- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 72 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eed60fd6-d20a-4314-968b-46d82db28d6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).