---
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: "SB 868"
citation: "Virginia SB 868 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cosgrove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-02"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55589e0e-451f-4dc4-a265-86ac42134b62"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB868"
source_hash: "55bc8a706762d0f7f360747f4f97f377bb7b46ef0b82896ce3d98704e23905e1"
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 SB 868 (2023) — Passing stopped school buses; rebuttable presumption.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0402)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106900D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB868H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102084D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB868)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23102084D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB868E)
5. **SB868ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB868ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cosgrove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102084D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB868E
- **2023-01-24** Printed as engrossed 23102084D-E
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB868E)
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23106900D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB868H1)
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106900D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB868H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute (93-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Title replaced 23106900D-H1
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB868ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB868ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0402)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55589e0e-451f-4dc4-a265-86ac42134b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).