SB 111 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Trespassing on emergency vehicles; prohibition, penalty.

Summary

Prohibition on trespassing on emergency vehicles; penalty. Provides that any person who enters or remains upon or within an emergency vehicle, defined in the bill, without the permission of, or after having been forbidden to do so by, the owner, lessee, or authorized operator is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 3, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill has been formally enacted and assigned to Chapter 332 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the law, which prohibits trespassing on emergency vehicles and public transportation, remains unchanged from the enrolled version, with only minor formatting adjustments to the line breaks and spacing.

TECHNICAL

The bill was finalized and assigned a chapter number (Chapter 332) and an approval date (April 6, 2026) for official publication.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 20, 2026 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed

Total votes 39

Jan 20, 2026

D Democratic20

20 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB111ER)

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 25, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 21, 2026

Committee

Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal

lower

Feb 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

upper

Jan 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

upper

Jan 19, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 3, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors