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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles."
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description: "Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles. Authorizes the use of amber warning lights on vehicles used by a local department of social services to respond to a request for assistance from law-enforcement agency personnel."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1856"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1856 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan \"Jed\" Arnold"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceca21df-8ccf-4e07-8c5f-0f4fbc7e7a26"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1856"
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source_hash: "41bb20c23718dceb7676b5298bba8788d2a7a3649db644b7751810e05f28f880"
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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 1856 (2025) — Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles.
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Amber warning lights; certain department of social services vehicles. Authorizes the use of amber warning lights on vehicles used by a local department of social services to respond to a request for assistance from law-enforcement agency personnel.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013513.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071162.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050091.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) — **36–2** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101894D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-22** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-22** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-01-22** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-01-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-10** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (36-Y 2-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1856ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1856)
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- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 82 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0082)
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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/ceca21df-8ccf-4e07-8c5f-0f4fbc7e7a26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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