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| Bill | Military Affairs, Dept. of, emergency vehicles; equipped with flashing red and white warning lights. | Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; Department of Military Affairs emergency vehicles. Authorizes Department of Military Affairs emergency vehicles 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. This bill is identical to SB 573. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 351 | Virginia HB 351 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 351 (2026) — Military Affairs, Dept. of, emergency vehicles; equipped with flashing red and white warning lights.
Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; Department of Military Affairs emergency vehicles. Authorizes Department of Military Affairs emergency vehicles 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. This bill is identical to SB 573.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101470D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB351)
- 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB351ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB351)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 118 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0118)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aab26702-5494-4315-9bc0-3be29bafaa3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).