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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 HB 351. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 573 Virginia SB 573 (2026)
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Virginia SB 573 (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 HB 351.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100922D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB573)
  • 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-02 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-03 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-10 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-10 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-27 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB573ER) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB573)
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
  • 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 119 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2e6eb55-e43b-4c3f-839a-23e01127dcf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).