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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military Affairs, Dept. of, emergency vehicles; equipped with flashing red and white warning lights."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 573"
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citation: "Virginia SB 573 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e6eb55-e43b-4c3f-839a-23e01127dcf6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB573"
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source_hash: "77e9df68977723f8fb79a542c9d36877ea761a5bee99e3607abb93b6a18710d8"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 573 (2026) — Military Affairs, Dept. of, emergency vehicles; equipped with flashing red and white warning lights.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090880.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216395.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188669.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100922D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB573)
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB573ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB573)
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 119 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0119)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e6eb55-e43b-4c3f-839a-23e01127dcf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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