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Mine rescue team vehicles; authorized to be equipped with flashing red and white warning lights.

It became law on Mar 21, 2025.

VA HB 2211 · House Bill · 2025

Stage
Became law
Started in
House
Sponsor
Israel O'Quinn
Latest action
Mar 21, 2025

What it does

Flashing red and white warning lights; emergency vehicle exemptions; mine rescue team vehicles. Authorizes vehicles operated by mine rescue teams that are certified by the Mine Safety and Health Administration under federal law 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 mine rescue incidents to the list of circumstances in which such lighted warning lights shall be displayed.

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Mar 21, 2025

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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.

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