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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate."
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description: "Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate. Requires firefighting equipment to comply with existing weight limitations for emergency vehicles on interstate highways. Current law exempts firefighting equipment from all size and weight limitations. The bill exempts emergency vehicles registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company from any fee typically charged for the issuance of an overweight permit for such vehicle."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 991"
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citation: "Virginia HB 991 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badd122e-58dc-4b85-9b51-ad164b579bbe"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB991"
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source_hash: "8b874c987f20b30987955351e0ee3be975c9dda3f3e4b3d0893ed368424eb313"
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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 991 (2020) — Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate.
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Firefighting equipment; weight limitation on interstate. Requires firefighting equipment to comply with existing weight limitations for emergency vehicles on interstate highways. Current law exempts firefighting equipment from all size and weight limitations. The bill exempts emergency vehicles registered to a federal, state, or local agency or a fire company from any fee typically charged for the issuance of an overweight permit for such vehicle.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0975)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0975)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB991ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB991ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB991E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB991E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB991)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB991)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N) — **90–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David A. Reid — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105111D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Transportation with amendment (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB991)
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB991E
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- **2020-01-24** Printed as engrossed 20105111D-E
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-27** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 8-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB991E)
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- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB991ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 975 (effective 7/1/20) `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/badd122e-58dc-4b85-9b51-ad164b579bbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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