---
type: "Bill"
title: "Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions."
description: "Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2423"
citation: "Virginia HB 2423 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de8cf373-2b54-4bbb-b62d-3800807833b9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2423"
source_hash: "29672d6c077a4d9f65224d6bab58c9014394b765890500b4616558029f9c8b60"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2423 (2023) — Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0088** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0088)
2. **HB2423ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2423ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104732D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2423)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104732D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2423E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104732D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2423)
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB2423E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23104732D-E
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2423E)
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2423ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2423ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de8cf373-2b54-4bbb-b62d-3800807833b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).