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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: "SB 1254"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1254 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frank M. Ruff, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-01-05"
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last_action: "2019-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c92a3f5-2f7e-427b-9504-0776bfc965e9"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1254"
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source_hash: "a973f4377abc1bb759fe31c0cf3e17659946a53f23680103c3fa46611ddf631a"
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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 1254 (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 (CHAP0112)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0112)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1254ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101383D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1254)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101383D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
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- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (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/8c92a3f5-2f7e-427b-9504-0776bfc965e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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