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SB663Introduced in the Senate

Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations.

Engrossed

Introduced by Danny Diggs, District 24

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Official description

Emergency vehicles; exempt from certain traffic regulations. Authorizes a law-enforcement vehicle, defined in current law, operated by or under the direction of a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer to disregard parking and stopping provisions and expands the situations in which such vehicles may disregard speed limits to include when establishing evidence of other violations of law and when responding to an emergency in which emergency lights and siren may pose a safety risk.

Where it stands

Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)

February 4, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A) · February 4, 2026

16

Yes

24

No

0

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Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104018D

  2. Referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB663)

  4. Reported from Transportation (9-Y 5-N 1-A)

  5. Rules suspended

  6. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  7. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  8. Passed by for the day

  9. Read second time

  10. Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)

  11. Read third time and defeated by Senate (16-Y 24-N 0-A)

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