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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 663: Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 663 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 14, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Primary sponsor: Danny Diggs (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 4, 2026): Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

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 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Danny DiggsPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)
  2. Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  3. Read second time
  4. Passed by for the day
  5. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  6. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  7. Rules suspended
  8. Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB663)
  10. Referred to Committee on Transportation
  11. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104018D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source