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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amber warning lights; vehicles hauling forest products authorized to use."
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description: "Authorizes vehicles hauling forest products to use amber warning lights approved by the Superintendent of State Police, provided that the lights are mounted or installed so as to be visible from behind the vehicle. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1802"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1802 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Roslyn C. Tyler"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-12-28"
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last_action: "2019-02-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccbe8a8c-e2bf-44f2-948e-ab4cf13192cf"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1802"
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source_hash: "d3d9a4a97a3a15cb727a0ad6fd8a9ec2b339760a45cc880643a7383329661102"
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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 HB 1802 (2019) — Amber warning lights; vehicles hauling forest products authorized to use.
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Authorizes vehicles hauling forest products to use amber warning lights approved by the Superintendent of State Police, provided that the lights are mounted or installed so as to be visible from behind the vehicle. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0145)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0145)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1802ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1802ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101692D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1802)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — primary (person)
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- Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)
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- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101692D `introduction`
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- **2018-12-28** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-11** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
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- **2019-02-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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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/ccbe8a8c-e2bf-44f2-948e-ab4cf13192cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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