VirginiaEmergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.
What it does
Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Authorizes a law-enforcement vehicle, defined in current law, operated by or under the direction of a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions and expands the situations in which such vehicles may disregard speed limits to include when establishing evidence of other violations of law and when responding to an emergency in which emergency lights and siren may pose a safety risk.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 4Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)Latest
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: fail.Upper
- Feb 3Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Feb 3Read second timeMinor
- Feb 2Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 2Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 2Rules suspended
- Jan 29Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N 1-A)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB663)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Jan 14Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104018DIntroduced
- Feb 4Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)Latest