republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-304.md

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Bill	Emergency medical services vehicles; temporary permit.	Provides that a temporary permit for an emergency medical services vehicle that does not meet required standards is valid for a period of 90 days from the end of the month of issue. Under current law, such permit is valid for a period not to exceed 60 days.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 304	Virginia SB 304 (2018)	bill	Emergency Services and Vehicles Health	enacted	David W. Marsden	2	18	8	2018-01-08	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/ba832987-6c62-40e7-ad36-96a47aead827	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB304	6ae7f33f8f79c499ed4a68e596bdc19b0f173ce277bdc2a7161bd53b8f3a613f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 304 (2018) — Emergency medical services vehicles; temporary permit.

Provides that a temporary permit for an emergency medical services vehicle that does not meet required standards is valid for a period of 90 days from the end of the month of issue. Under current law, such permit is valid for a period not to exceed 60 days.

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB304ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102350D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102350D introduction
• 2018-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2018-01-16 Passed by for the day
• 2018-01-23 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-23 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-20 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2018-02-20 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ba832987-6c62-40e7-ad36-96a47aead827. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).