SB 389 VA

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Motor vehicles; use of safety belt systems; certain emergency medical services personnel. 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 also 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.

• Emily M. Jordan Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103175D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
3. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB389) · upper
4. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Jan 22, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
6. Jan 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
7. Jan 26, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
9. Jan 26, 2026 Read first time · upper
10. Jan 26, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
11. Jan 26, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
12. Jan 27, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Jan 27, 2026 Transportation Amendment agreed to · upper
14. Jan 27, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Jan 28, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB389) · upper
17. Feb 4, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
18. Feb 4, 2026 Read first time · lower
19. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
20. Feb 20, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy · lower
21. Feb 25, 2026 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 2-N) · lower
22. Mar 10, 2026 Left in Transportation · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML