SB437Introduced in the Senate
Truck-mounted attenuators; certain vehicles equipped with amber and green warning lights.
Introduced by Lamont Bagby, District 14
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
April 8, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
3 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
7 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) · March 11, 2026
39
Yes
1
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Bennett-Parker | 5 | Yes |
| Michael Jones | 77 | Yes |
| Timmy French | 1 | Yes |
| Mark Obenshain | 2 | Yes |
| Chris Head | 3 | Yes |
| David Suetterlein | 4 | Yes |
| Travis Hackworth | 5 | Yes |
| Todd Pillion | 6 | Yes |
| William Stanley | 7 | Yes |
| Mark Peake | 8 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102372D
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 4-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read first time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Transportation Amendments agreed to
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
Committee amendments reconsidered
Transportation Amendment rejected
Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108950D-H1
Read second time
Read third time
committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
Enrolled
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB437ER)
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB437)
Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/2026)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498)
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