Virginia Senate Bill 981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; WMATA Response and Recovery Coordination Branch vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by the Response and Recovery Coordination Branch of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's Office of Emergency Preparedness to (i) be equipped with flashing, blinking, or alternating red or red and white combination warning lights and (ii) disregard certain regulations regarding the operation of vehicles without being subject to criminal prosecution while responding to an emergency, provided that the operator of such vehicle has received certain training and recertifies every two years. The bill adds responding to metropolitan transit-related incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed.

Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

2023-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0089)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 89 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB981ER)
2023-02-16	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-14	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Read third time
2023-02-13	House	Read second time
2023-02-09	House	Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23101698D-E
2023-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB981E
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2023-01-31	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2023-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101698D

HB2423 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)
HB2423 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1023	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1030	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	920	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB981
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB981+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB981E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB981ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0089+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105516A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB981AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB981F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB981FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB981FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0041+SB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0149SB0981+SB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0182SB0981+SB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H19V0093+SB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1770+SB0981