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| Bill | Mine rescue team vehicles; authorized to be equipped with flashing red and white warning lights. | Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; mine rescue team vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by mine rescue teams that are certified by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under federal law to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency, provided that the operator of such vehicle has received certain training and recertifies every two years. The bill adds responding to mine rescue incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2211 | Virginia HB 2211 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2211 (2025) — Mine rescue team vehicles; authorized to be equipped with flashing red and white warning lights.
Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; mine rescue team vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by mine rescue teams that are certified by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under federal law to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency, provided that the operator of such vehicle has received certain training and recertifies every two years. The bill adds responding to mine rescue incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100137D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-01-23 Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2025-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2211)
- 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-02-13 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2211ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2211)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 252 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0252)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f107692-e4ef-47f8-9966-88d51a3c06d1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).