VA HB 365
Status unknownEmergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did VA HB 365 pass?
The current status of VA HB 365 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-20): Senate committee offered
What is VA HB 365 about?
Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Authorizes a law-enforcement vehicle, defined in current law, operated by or under the direction of a state or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions. The bill expands the situations in which such vehicles may disregard speed limits to include when establishing evidence of other violations of law and when responding to an emergency in which emergency lights and siren may pose a safety risk and removes such authorization for disregarding speed limits in certain situations provided under existing law for law-enforcement vehicles operated by or under the direction of a federal law-enforcement officer.
Who sponsors VA HB 365?
Ellen H. McLaughlin is the primary sponsor of VA HB 365.
Description
Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Authorizes a law-enforcement vehicle, defined in current law, operated by or under the direction of a state or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions. The bill expands the situations in which such vehicles may disregard speed limits to include when establishing evidence of other violations of law and when responding to an emergency in which emergency lights and siren may pose a safety risk and removes such authorization for disregarding speed limits in certain situations provided under existing law for law-enforcement vehicles operated by or under the direction of a federal law-enforcement officer.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-02-20 — Senate committee offered
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Ellen H. McLaughlinprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-20
Senate committee offered
2026-02-19
Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
deferral
2026-02-16
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB365)
2026-02-11
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2026-02-11
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-10
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-09
Engrossed by House as amended
2026-02-09
Delegate McLaughlin Floor amendments agreed to
amendment-passage
2026-02-09
committee amendments rejected
amendment-failure
2026-02-09
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-09
Floor offered Delegate McLaughlin Amendments
2026-02-06
Passed by for the day
2026-02-06
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
2026-02-05
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-03
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-03
House committee offered
2026-01-28
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N 1-A)
2026-01-28
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-19
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee
2026-01-12
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2026-01-12
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104017D
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
2026-01-28 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (11)
- David A. Reid: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: not voting
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: abstain
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Wren M. Williams: not voting
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s)
2026-02-03 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Wren M. Williams: yes
H VOTE:
2026-02-10 · pass · 96-2
Member-level votes (100)
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: not voting
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Karen Hamilton: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Dan I. Helmer: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: no
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
- Joseph P. McNamara: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- Justin Pence: yes
- Eric Phillips: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Don Scott: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Irene Shin: yes
- Marcus B. Simon: no
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Madison Whittle: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: yes
- Tony O. Wilt: yes
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: yes
Passed by indefinitely in Transportation
2026-02-19 · pass · 8-7
Member-level votes (15)
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- David W. Marsden: no
- Bill DeSteph: no
- David R. Suetterlein: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: no
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: no
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: no
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: no
- Michael J. Jones: yes
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