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type: "Bill"
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title: "Traffic incident management vehicles; certain vehicles exempt when en route to scene of an accident."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 793"
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citation: "Virginia HB 793 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave A. LaRock"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa6fad52-d9a9-4b4d-92cc-4c6bf458b375"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB793"
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source_hash: "4a20e3420809bddd57d79a6440ab82ea87111e95305f5bdd79bac1e7544694e4"
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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 HB 793 (2022) — Traffic incident management vehicles; certain vehicles exempt when en route to scene of an accident.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0457** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0457)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105147D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB793H1)
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3. **HB793ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB793ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102735D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB793)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) — **29–11** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dave A. LaRock — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102735D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB793)
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- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105147D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22105147D-H1
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- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB793H1
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- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2022-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB793H1)
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- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB793ER)
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 457 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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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/aa6fad52-d9a9-4b4d-92cc-4c6bf458b375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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