republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-793.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Traffic incident management vehicles; certain vehicles exempt when en route to scene of an accident.	Traffic incident management vehicles. Adds traffic incident management vehicles, defined in the bill, when operated by persons who meet certain training requirements, to a list of vehicles exempt from certain traffic regulations when responding to an emergency. The bill also allows such vehicles to be equipped with flashing red or red and white secondary warning lights.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 793	Virginia HB 793 (2022)	bill		enacted	Dave A. LaRock	4	33	7	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/aa6fad52-d9a9-4b4d-92cc-4c6bf458b375	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB793	4a20e3420809bddd57d79a6440ab82ea87111e95305f5bdd79bac1e7544694e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 793 (2022) — Traffic incident management vehicles; certain vehicles exempt when en route to scene of an accident.

Traffic incident management vehicles. Adds traffic incident management vehicles, defined in the bill, when operated by persons who meet certain training requirements, to a list of vehicles exempt from certain traffic regulations when responding to an emergency. The bill also allows such vehicles to be equipped with flashing red or red and white secondary warning lights.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0457 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105147D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB793ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102735D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dave A. LaRock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102735D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB793)
• 2022-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Committee substitute printed 22105147D-H1 substitution
• 2022-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22105147D-H1
• 2022-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB793H1
• 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Reported from Transportation with amendment (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Reading of amendment waived
• 2022-02-22 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2022-02-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2022-02-22 Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB793H1)
• 2022-02-28 Enrolled
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB793ER)
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-28 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa6fad52-d9a9-4b4d-92cc-4c6bf458b375. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).