Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill
HB 365: Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 365 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Primary sponsor: Ellen H. McLaughlin. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2026): Senate committee offered.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen H. McLaughlin | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Senate committee offered
- Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB365)
- Referred to Committee on Transportation
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)
- Engrossed by House as amended
- Delegate McLaughlin Floor amendments agreed to
- committee amendments rejected
- Read second time
- Floor offered Delegate McLaughlin Amendments
- Passed by for the day
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