---
type: "Bill"
title: "School buses; increases maximum width of vehicles."
description: "Maximum width of vehicles; school buses.Increases from 100 inches to 102 inches the maximum total outsidewidth permitted for school buses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 572"
citation: "Virginia SB 572 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07bfaad6-3b33-4765-862d-0248628c59cd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB572"
source_hash: "57ae8f935795c5ee7e0543618d3eef0119d58780c6dcea812ed2f6cd509dba1b"
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 572 (2024) — School buses; increases maximum width of vehicles.

Maximum width of vehicles; school buses.Increases from 100 inches to 102 inches the maximum total outsidewidth permitted for school buses.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0361)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102440D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB572)
3. **SB572ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB572ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102440D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB572ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB572ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07bfaad6-3b33-4765-862d-0248628c59cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).