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VA SB 663

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Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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 federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions and 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.

Introduced
2026-01-14
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-04 — Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • J.D. "Danny" Diggsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-14

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104018D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-14

    Referred to Committee on Transportation

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-27

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB663)

  4. 2026-01-29

    Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N 1-A)

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-02-02

    Rules suspended

  6. 2026-02-02

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  7. 2026-02-02

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  8. 2026-02-02

    Passed by for the day

  9. 2026-02-03

    Read second time

    reading-2

  10. 2026-02-03

    Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  11. 2026-02-04

    Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)

    failure,reading-3

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Reported from Transportation

    2026-01-29 · pass · 9-5

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Lamont Bagby: no
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: no
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: abstain
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: no
    • Danica A. Roem: no
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: no
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed R

    2026-02-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: yes
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: yes
    • L. Louise Lucas: yes
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Todd E. Pillion: yes
    • Bryce E. Reeves: yes
    • Danica A. Roem: yes
    • Aaron R. Rouse: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: yes
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: yes
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes

  • Passage R

    2026-02-04 · fail · 16-24

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: no
    • Lamont Bagby: no
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: no
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: no
    • Luther Cifers, III: yes
    • Christie New Craig: yes
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Bill DeSteph: yes
    • J.D. "Danny" Diggs: yes
    • Tara A. Durant: yes
    • Adam P. Ebbin: no
    • Barbara A. Favola: no
    • Timmy French: yes
    • T. Travis Hackworth: yes
    • Christopher T. Head: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: no
    • Emily M. Jordan: yes
    • Mamie E. Locke: no
    • L. Louise Lucas: no
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Ryan T. McDougle: yes
    • Jeremy S. McPike: no
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Mark J. Peake: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: no
    • Russet Perry: no
    • Todd E. Pillion: no
    • Bryce E. Reeves: no
    • Danica A. Roem: no
    • Aaron R. Rouse: no
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: no
    • Kannan Srinivasan: no
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: no
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: yes
    • David R. Suetterlein: no
    • Scott A. Surovell: no
    • Schuyler T. VanValkenburg: no
    • Angelia Williams Graves: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB663

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