HB 230 VA

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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.

• Delores L. McQuinn Democratic · primary

1. Jan 8, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104267D · lower
2. Jan 8, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy · lower
4. Jan 21, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 21, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 21, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230) · lower
7. Jan 22, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Jan 22, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26105957D-H1 · lower
9. Jan 26, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Jan 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Jan 27, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Jan 27, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Jan 28, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Jan 29, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Jan 29, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
16. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From DPB (2/3/2026 4:47 pm) · lower
17. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 23, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 23, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 24, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 24, 2026 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Feb 26, 2026 Enrolled · lower
24. Feb 26, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB230ER) · lower
25. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
26. Feb 26, 2026 Signed by President · upper
27. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB230) · lower
28. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 93 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
31. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML