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Bill Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems, certain emergency medical services personnel exempted. Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain persons exempt. Exempts from the requirements for the use of safety belt systems emergency medical services personnel while in the patient compartment of an emergency medical services vehicle providing necessary care, as defined in the bill, to a patient. The bill provides that, for seats that are subject to such requirements for the use of safety belt systems, such personnel shall use safety belt systems while the vehicle is in motion and such personnel is not providing necessary care to a patient. The bill also changes the existing exemption for law-enforcement agency personnel driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking to an exemption for law-enforcement officers driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking. This bill incorporates HB 233. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 230 Virginia HB 230 (2026)
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Virginia HB 230 (2026) — Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems, certain emergency medical services personnel exempted.

Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain persons exempt. Exempts from the requirements for the use of safety belt systems emergency medical services personnel while in the patient compartment of an emergency medical services vehicle providing necessary care, as defined in the bill, to a patient. The bill provides that, for seats that are subject to such requirements for the use of safety belt systems, such personnel shall use safety belt systems while the vehicle is in motion and such personnel is not providing necessary care to a patient. The bill also changes the existing exemption for law-enforcement agency personnel driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking to an exemption for law-enforcement officers driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking. This bill incorporates HB 233.

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. Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  5. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 140 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
  • Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
  • Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
  • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
  • Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
  • Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
  • Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
  • Mitchell Cornett — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
  • Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
  • Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104267D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
  • 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-22 Committee substitute printed 26105957D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-01-26 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-27 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 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
  • 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (2/3/2026 4:47 pm)
  • 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation (14-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 (HB230ER) passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
  • 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 93 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe931f08-f99d-4dd0-a669-d9873ba47cae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).