# Virginia SB437: Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights.

Virginia SB437, Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Lamont Bagby (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-08 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB437
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-04-08, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
- Sponsor: Lamont Bagby (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 15 (373 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

Green warning lights, snow plows and vehicles equipped with truck-mounted attenuators. Authorizes snow plows used for clearing or removing snow on or along public highways and vehicles equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator that are used in constructing, maintaining, and repairing highways or utilities on or along public highways to be equipped with and use either (i) flashing, blinking, or alternating amber warning lights of types approved by the Superintendent of State Police or (ii) alternating amber and green warning lights of a type approved by the Superintendent of State Police. The bill requires that warning lights be lit only when performing the functions that qualify them to be equipped with such lights and that if a vehicle is equipped with multiple warning lights that are alternating amber and green warning lights, such lights shall be used synchronously with each other.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Amber/green lights for snowplows and crash trucks: benefit, medium. Snow plows and vehicles with truck‑mounted attenuators used for highway or utility work may use amber lights or alternating amber‑and‑green lights that the State Police approve. These lights can be on only while doing that work. If a vehicle has multiple alternating amber‑and‑green lights, they mus…
- Green lights mark incident command vehicles: benefit, low. Police, fire, and EMS vehicles serving as incident command at a scene may use green warning lights that the State Police approve. These green lights cannot be on while the vehicle is driving on the highway.
- Purple lights for funeral escorts: benefit, low. Vehicles that lead or escort funeral processions may use purple lights or amber lights, but not both at the same time. The State Police set the technical standards for purple lights.
- Amber lights allowed for work vehicles: mixed, low. The law lets many listed work and service vehicles use amber flashing lights that the State Police approve. Examples include tow and recovery trucks, highway work vehicles, refuse trucks, USPS trucks, and national parcel delivery vehicles handling packages under 150 pounds. It also covers farm and…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lamont Bagby (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-11 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | Passed House with substitute Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | House | Reported from Transportation with substitute | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 9 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Committee amendments reconsidered | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Transportation Amendment rejected | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Engrossment reconsidered by Senate | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-27 | Senate | Transportation Amendments agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-26 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Transportation with amendments | pass | 10 | 4 |   |

## Actions (45)

- 2026-04-08: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) (Governor)
- 2026-04-08: Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-04-01: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437) (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-31: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-31: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-30: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER) (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-30: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437) (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Passed House with substitute Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-03-10: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-03-10: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-03-10: Read third time (House)
- 2026-03-09: Read second time (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee substitute printed 26108950D-H1 (House)
- 2026-03-05: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-03-04: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-03-04: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-03-04: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-20: Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy (House)
- 2026-02-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437) (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Referred to Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-02-04: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-04: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2026-01-28: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Transportation Amendment rejected (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Committee amendments reconsidered (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Transportation Amendments agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Read second time (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Read first time (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 4-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102372D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218115.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218114.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-30: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211974.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211973.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-03-05: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196375.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196374.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194970.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195126.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195125.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194969.PDF)
- Engrossed, 2026-01-27: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097344.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097343.PDF)
- Amendment, 2026-01-26: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096738.HTML)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090273.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090272.PDF)

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- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218115.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218114.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211974.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211973.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196375.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196374.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194970.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195126.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1195125.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194969.PDF)
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097344.HTML)
- [Engrossed (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1097343.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096738.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090273.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090272.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB437-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).