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Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain persons exempt. Exempts from the requirements for the use of safety belt systems emergency medical services personnel while in the patient compartment of an emergency medical services vehicle providing necessary care, as defined in the bill, to a patient. The bill provides that, for seats that are subject to such requirements for the use of safety belt systems, such personnel shall use safety belt systems while the vehicle is in motion and such personnel is not providing necessary care to a patient. The bill also changes the existing exemption for law-enforcement agency personnel driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking to an exemption for law-enforcement officers driving motor vehicles to enforce laws governing motor vehicle parking. This bill incorporates HB 233.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 13 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB230ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Read third time
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (2/3/2026 4:47 pm)
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26105957D-H1
Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104267D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Delores L. McQuinn
Jessica L. Anderson
Bonita G. Anthony
Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
Paul E. Krizek
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Ellen H. McLaughlin
H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.
Rodney T. Willett
Saddam Azlan Salim