Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer.
Summary
Lighted vehicle headlights; lawful stop by law-enforcement officer. Clarifies that any evidence discovered or obtained following the lawful stop by a law-enforcement officer of a vehicle displaying no lighted headlights may be offered as evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding if such evidence is otherwise admissible.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 26, 2025
Last action Mar 10, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Jan 23, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Committee
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
lower
Feb 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 9-N 0-A)
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Jan 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Rereferred from Transportation to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Nov 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Diggs
RRepublican
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