Subject Emergency Services and Vehicles | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB428 | Virginia Retirement System; benefits for local law-enforcement, correctional, and emergency response employees in certain localities. Permits any locality that is exempt from providing all of the special statutory retirement benefits to local law-enf... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB891 | Operation of vehicles equipped with mobile infrared transmitters; penalty. Increases from a traffic infraction to a Class 4 misdemeanor any violation of the prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles equipped with mobile infrared transmitters ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | SB358 | Infrared traffic light signal changers. Allows local governments by ordinance to permit use of infrared traffic light signal changers by firefighting vehicles in nonemergency situations. [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | SB1061 | Lethality assessments; Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a lethality assessment program for first responders and to adopt guidelines to make the resources of the Fund ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-01-29 Passed by indefinitely in Finance (15-Y 0-N) |
| VA | SB1346 | Charitable gaming; sale of pull tabs and other instant bingo games. Authorizes certain volunteer fire departments or rescue squads or auxiliary units thereof to sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards one hour immediately preceding the conduct o... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-04 Stricken at request of Patron in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) |
| VA | HB1835 | Firefighters; emergency medical technicians; cap on damages. Imposes a $250,000 cap on damages that may be recovered against firefighters and emergency medical technicians in a civil action arising out of the provision of fire-fighting and emergency ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | SB1314 | Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in crim... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-11 Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| VA | SB981 | School zones; use of certain devices by drivers prohibited. Provides that any person who operates a moving motor vehicle within a reduced-speed school crossing zone or on school property while using any handheld personal communications device is guil... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| VA | HB1622 | Emergency medical care services; recertification and appeals. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Health's regulations governing recertification of emergency medical services providers include certain provisions related to testing and other ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0072) |
| VA | SB1204 | HOT Lanes. Allows state and local law-enforcement vehicles, firefighting trucks, ambulances, and rescue squad vehicles to enter HOT lanes by crossing a barrier or buffer and not be guilty of reckless driving. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101) |
| VA | HB2052 | HOT Lanes. Allows state and local law-enforcement vehicles, firefighting trucks, ambulances, and rescue squad vehicles to enter HOT lanes by crossing a barrier or buffer and not be guilty of reckless driving. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085) |
| VA | HB1383 | Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to su... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0176) |
| VA | HB1499 | Administration of medications. Clarifies the circumstances under which emergency medical services personnel may administer medications and provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer medications pursuant to an oral or written or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191) |
| VA | HB1526 | HOT lanes. Provides that emergency vehicles and law-enforcement vehicles that otherwise would be allowed free use of HOT lanes cannot do so when the vehicle is being used to commute. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0195) |
| VA | SB773 | Administration of medications. Clarifies the circumstances under which emergency medical services personnel may administer medications and provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer medications pursuant to an oral or written or... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) |
| VA | SB790 | Emergency medical care services; recertification and appeals. Eliminates the requirement that the Board of Health's regulations governing recertification of emergency medical services providers include certain provisions related to testing and other ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0331) |
| VA | SB1288 | Criminal history checks of emergency medical services personnel. Provides that the State Board of Health shall require each person who, on or after July 1, 2013, applies to be a volunteer with or employee of an emergency medical services agency to su... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) |
| VA | HB2301 | Volunteer fire departments; billing by localities. Allows localities to directly bill homeowners on behalf of local volunteer fire departments under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-14 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0356) |
| VA | SB854 | Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Allows that a political subdivision may by resolution irrevocably declare that persons employed as firefighters, emergency medical technicians, or law-enforcement officers shall be considered to ha... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0456) |
| VA | HB1856 | Emergency medical services; procedures and practice. Requires the Board of Health to direct the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board to develop and facilitate implementation of (i) a process for informing an emergency medical services prov... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0429) |
| VA | HB2315 | Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads; report to the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board. Requires the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squads to submit an annual financial report on the use of funds received from the sp... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517) |
| VA | SB881 | Volunteer fire departments; billing by localities. Allows localities to directly bill homeowners on behalf of local volunteer fire departments under certain circumstances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0616) |
| VA | HB2216 | Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response and clarifying issues related to coverage und... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0594) |
| VA | HB1532 | Virginia Retirement System; certain local employees. Makes technical changes necessary to carry out the purpose of Chapter 811 of the 2012 Acts of Assembly, permitting localities to exempt firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and law-enforcem... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666) |
| VA | HB1927 | Emergency medical services personnel; penalty for assault and battery. Adds emergency medical services personnel members who are employed by or volunteers of an emergency medical services agency and engaged in the performance of their public duties t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698) |
| VA | SB839 | Local boundaries for law-enforcement purposes. Provides that localities may designate mutually agreed-upon boundary lines between contiguous localities for purposes of organizing 911 dispatch and response, determining territorial jurisdiction in cri... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775) |
