2026 SESSION

ENROLLED

VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER

An Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-160.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition on trespassing on emergency vehicles; penalty.

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Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-160.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-160.2. Trespassing on public transportation or emergency vehicle; penalty.

A. As used in this section:

"Emergency vehicle" means the same as that term is defined in § 46.2-818.2. "Emergency vehicle" includes any public works or public utilities vehicle.

"Public transportation service" means passenger transportation service provided by bus, rail, or other surface conveyance that provides transportation to the general public on a regular and continuing basis.

B. Any person who enters or remains upon or within a vehicle operated by a public transportation service or an emergency vehicle without the permission of, or after having been forbidden to do so by, the owner, lessee, or authorized operator thereof is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

B. C. Any person who enters or rides in a vehicle operated by a public transportation service who has been prohibited to do so pursuant to subsection F of § 18.2-57 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

C. "Public transportation service" means passenger transportation service provided by bus, rail, or other surface conveyance that provides transportation to the general public on a regular and continuing basis.