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 state or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions. The bill 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 and removes such authorization for disregarding speed limits in certain situations provided under existing law for law-enforcement vehicles operated by or under the direction of a federal law-enforcement officer.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 20Senate committee offeredLatest
- Feb 19Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Passed by indefinitely in Transportation. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 16Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB365)
- Feb 11Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Feb 11Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 10Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 9Delegate McLaughlin Floor amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 9committee amendments rejectedMinor
- Feb 9Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Floor offered Delegate McLaughlin Amendments
- Feb 6Passed by for the day
- Feb 6Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 3Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3House committee offered
- Jan 28Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N 1-A)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 28House subcommittee offered
- Jan 19Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and PolicyMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104017DIntroduced