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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sheriffs; standard motor vehicle markings."
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description: "Requires that all marked motor vehicles used by sheriffs' offices conspicuously display on each front side door of such vehicles the words \"Sheriff's Office\" or \"Sheriff\" and the name of the county or city. Current law requires such vehicles to be solid dark brown or some other solid color, with a reflectorized gold, five-point star on each front side door and requires that the lettering on such stars say \"Sheriff's Office\" or \"Sheriff\" in a half-circle above the Seal of the Commonwealth or the seal of the jurisdiction. Current law also requires that the name of the county or city be placed in a half-circle below the Seal and the words \"Sheriff's Office\" or \"Sheriff\" be placed on the rear of the trunk."
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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 2585"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2585 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Motor Vehicles", "Sheriffs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Todd Gilbert"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f844c6a-3a76-4455-bba9-d1701b883b33"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2585"
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source_hash: "3d7b35773c62a5deac89bd03e5c08694972287b905f311ebb65152bb6a094b00"
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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 2585 (2019) — Sheriffs; standard motor vehicle markings.
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Requires that all marked motor vehicles used by sheriffs' offices conspicuously display on each front side door of such vehicles the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" and the name of the county or city. Current law requires such vehicles to be solid dark brown or some other solid color, with a reflectorized gold, five-point star on each front side door and requires that the lettering on such stars say "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" in a half-circle above the Seal of the Commonwealth or the seal of the jurisdiction. Current law also requires that the name of the county or city be placed in a half-circle below the Seal and the words "Sheriff's Office" or "Sheriff" be placed on the rear of the trunk.
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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 (CHAP0298)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0298)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2585AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2585)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2585ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2585ER)
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5. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104778D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2585H1)
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6. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102659D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2585)
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7. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104778D-EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2585EH1)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **19–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House — **91–5** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102659D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-15** Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-30** Passed by for the day
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- **2019-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 19104778D-H1
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- **2019-01-31** Amendment by Delegate Gilbert agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB2585EH1
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- **2019-01-31** Printed as engrossed 19104778D-EH1
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- **2019-02-01** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (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/4f844c6a-3a76-4455-bba9-d1701b883b33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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