---
type: "Bill"
title: "Passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption."
description: "Passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1995"
citation: "Virginia HB 1995 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86472438-a952-40fa-b7b6-09bffbcd8c29"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1995"
source_hash: "a3295a4a2dfd4963b24f27ddab9fff0428467cc260a16e32574fc2ef1eb6d62c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1995 (2023) — Passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0401** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0401)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106586D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1995S1)
3. **HB1995ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1995ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101852D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1995)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krizek — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101852D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1995)
- **2023-02-01** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106586D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1995S1)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute rejected 23106586D-S1
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1995ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1995ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86472438-a952-40fa-b7b6-09bffbcd8c29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).