diff --git a/src/Scope.spec.ts b/src/Scope.spec.ts
index 0a64abd18..4800afd9c 100644
--- a/src/Scope.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Scope.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import { UnionType } from './types/UnionType';
 import { isFunctionStatement, isNamespaceStatement } from './astUtils/reflection';
 import { ArrayType } from './types/ArrayType';
 import { AssociativeArrayType } from './types/AssociativeArrayType';
+import { InterfaceType } from '.';
+import { ComponentType } from './types/ComponentType';
 
 describe('Scope', () => {
     let sinon = sinonImport.createSandbox();
@@ -2940,6 +2942,66 @@ describe('Scope', () => {
                 expect((unionDefaultType as UnionType).types).to.include(StringType.instance);
                 expect((unionDefaultType as UnionType).types).to.include(IntegerType.instance);
             });
+
+            it('should allow built in component types', () => {
+                let utilFile = program.setFile('source/util.bs', `
+                    sub process(data as roAssociativeArray[])
+                        for each datum in data
+                            print datum
+                        end for
+                    end sub
+                `);
+                program.validate();
+                expectZeroDiagnostics(program);
+                const processFnScope = utilFile.getFunctionScopeAtPosition(util.createPosition(2, 24));
+                const symbolTable = processFnScope.symbolTable;
+                const opts = { flags: SymbolTypeFlag.runtime };
+                expectTypeToBe(symbolTable.getSymbolType('data', opts), ArrayType);
+                expectTypeToBe(symbolTable.getSymbolType('datum', opts), InterfaceType);
+            });
+
+            it('should allow class types', () => {
+                let utilFile = program.setFile('source/util.bs', `
+                    sub process(data as Klass[])
+                        for each datum in data
+                            print datum.name
+                        end for
+                    end sub
+
+
+                    class Klass
+                        name as string
+                    end class
+                `);
+                program.validate();
+                expectZeroDiagnostics(program);
+                const processFnScope = utilFile.getFunctionScopeAtPosition(util.createPosition(2, 24));
+                const symbolTable = processFnScope.symbolTable;
+                const opts = { flags: SymbolTypeFlag.runtime };
+                const dataType = symbolTable.getSymbolType('data', opts);
+                expectTypeToBe(dataType, ArrayType);
+                expectTypeToBe((dataType as ArrayType).defaultType, ClassType);
+                expect((dataType as ArrayType).defaultType.toString()).to.equal('Klass');
+            });
+
+            it('should allow component types', () => {
+                let utilFile = program.setFile('source/util.bs', `
+                    sub process(labels as roSgNodeLabel[])
+                        for each label in labels
+                            print label.text
+                        end for
+                    end sub
+                `);
+                program.validate();
+                expectZeroDiagnostics(program);
+                const processFnScope = utilFile.getFunctionScopeAtPosition(util.createPosition(2, 24));
+                const symbolTable = processFnScope.symbolTable;
+                const opts = { flags: SymbolTypeFlag.runtime };
+                const dataType = symbolTable.getSymbolType('labels', opts);
+                expectTypeToBe(dataType, ArrayType);
+                expectTypeToBe((dataType as ArrayType).defaultType, ComponentType);
+                expect((dataType as ArrayType).defaultType.toString()).to.equal('roSGNodeLabel');
+            });
         });
 
         describe('callFunc invocations', () => {
diff --git a/src/astUtils/reflection.ts b/src/astUtils/reflection.ts
index ceab34e2f..67d232835 100644
--- a/src/astUtils/reflection.ts
+++ b/src/astUtils/reflection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Body, AssignmentStatement, Block, ExpressionStatement, CommentStatement, ExitForStatement, ExitWhileStatement, FunctionStatement, IfStatement, IncrementStatement, PrintStatement, GotoStatement, LabelStatement, ReturnStatement, EndStatement, StopStatement, ForStatement, ForEachStatement, WhileStatement, DottedSetStatement, IndexedSetStatement, LibraryStatement, NamespaceStatement, ImportStatement, ClassStatement, InterfaceFieldStatement, InterfaceMethodStatement, InterfaceStatement, EnumStatement, EnumMemberStatement, TryCatchStatement, CatchStatement, ThrowStatement, MethodStatement, FieldStatement, ConstStatement, ContinueStatement } from '../parser/Statement';
-import type { LiteralExpression, BinaryExpression, CallExpression, FunctionExpression, DottedGetExpression, XmlAttributeGetExpression, IndexedGetExpression, GroupingExpression, EscapedCharCodeLiteralExpression, ArrayLiteralExpression, AALiteralExpression, UnaryExpression, VariableExpression, SourceLiteralExpression, NewExpression, CallfuncExpression, TemplateStringQuasiExpression, TemplateStringExpression, TaggedTemplateStringExpression, AnnotationExpression, FunctionParameterExpression, AAMemberExpression, TypeExpression, TypeCastExpression } from '../parser/Expression';
+import type { LiteralExpression, BinaryExpression, CallExpression, FunctionExpression, DottedGetExpression, XmlAttributeGetExpression, IndexedGetExpression, GroupingExpression, EscapedCharCodeLiteralExpression, ArrayLiteralExpression, AALiteralExpression, UnaryExpression, VariableExpression, SourceLiteralExpression, NewExpression, CallfuncExpression, TemplateStringQuasiExpression, TemplateStringExpression, TaggedTemplateStringExpression, AnnotationExpression, FunctionParameterExpression, AAMemberExpression, TypeExpression, TypeCastExpression, TypedArrayExpression } from '../parser/Expression';
 import type { BrsFile } from '../files/BrsFile';
 import type { XmlFile } from '../files/XmlFile';
 import type { BscFile, File, TypedefProvider } from '../interfaces';
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ export function isTypeExpression(element: any): element is TypeExpression {
 export function isTypeCastExpression(element: any): element is TypeCastExpression {
     return element?.kind === AstNodeKind.TypeCastExpression;
 }
+export function isTypedArrayExpression(element: any): element is TypedArrayExpression {
+    return element?.kind === AstNodeKind.TypedArrayExpression;
+}
 
 // BscType reflection
 export function isStringType(value: any): value is StringType {
diff --git a/src/bscPlugin/validation/ScopeValidator.ts b/src/bscPlugin/validation/ScopeValidator.ts
index b1f75983b..831a79b46 100644
--- a/src/bscPlugin/validation/ScopeValidator.ts
+++ b/src/bscPlugin/validation/ScopeValidator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri';
-import { isAssignmentStatement, isBinaryExpression, isBrsFile, isClassType, isDynamicType, isEnumMemberType, isEnumType, isFunctionExpression, isLiteralExpression, isNamespaceStatement, isObjectType, isPrimitiveType, isTypeExpression, isTypedFunctionType, isUnionType, isVariableExpression, isXmlScope } from '../../astUtils/reflection';
+import { isAssignmentStatement, isBinaryExpression, isBrsFile, isClassType, isDynamicType, isEnumMemberType, isEnumType, isFunctionExpression, isLiteralExpression, isNamespaceStatement, isObjectType, isPrimitiveType, isTypeExpression, isTypedArrayExpression, isTypedFunctionType, isUnionType, isVariableExpression, isXmlScope } from '../../astUtils/reflection';
 import { Cache } from '../../Cache';
 import { DiagnosticMessages } from '../../DiagnosticMessages';
 import type { BrsFile } from '../../files/BrsFile';
@@ -80,9 +80,11 @@ export class ScopeValidator {
 
 
     private checkIfUsedAsTypeExpression(expression: AstNode): boolean {
-        //TODO: this is much faster than node.findAncestor(), but will not work for "complicated" type expressions like UnionTypes
+        //TODO: this is much faster than node.findAncestor(), but may need to be updated for "complicated" type expressions
         if (isTypeExpression(expression) ||
-            isTypeExpression(expression.parent)) {
+            isTypeExpression(expression.parent) ||
+            isTypedArrayExpression(expression) ||
+            isTypedArrayExpression(expression.parent)) {
             return true;
         }
         if (isBinaryExpression(expression.parent)) {
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ export class ScopeValidator {
             while (isBinaryExpression(currentExpr) && currentExpr.operator.kind === TokenKind.Or) {
                 currentExpr = currentExpr.parent;
             }
-            return isTypeExpression(currentExpr);
+            return isTypeExpression(currentExpr) || isTypedArrayExpression(currentExpr);
         }
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/parser/AstNode.ts b/src/parser/AstNode.ts
index aa417cf59..51e9c1b1f 100644
--- a/src/parser/AstNode.ts
+++ b/src/parser/AstNode.ts
@@ -237,5 +237,5 @@ export enum AstNodeKind {
     Block = 'Block',
     TypeExpression = 'TypeExpression',
     TypeCastExpression = 'TypeCastExpression',
-    ArrayTypeExpression = 'ArrayTypeExpression'
+    TypedArrayExpression = 'TypedArrayExpression'
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/Expression.ts b/src/parser/Expression.ts
index 2cde0999a..2be701344 100644
--- a/src/parser/Expression.ts
+++ b/src/parser/Expression.ts
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ export class TypedArrayExpression extends Expression {
         );
     }
 
-    public readonly kind = AstNodeKind.ArrayTypeExpression;
+    public readonly kind = AstNodeKind.TypedArrayExpression;
 
     public range: Range;