---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wireless telecommunications devices; use by persons driving school buses."
description: "Allows school bus drivers to use, in addition to two-way radio devices, wireless telecommunications devices that are used hands free to communicate with school or public safety officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1888"
citation: "Virginia HB 1888 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Motor Vehicles", "Public Service Companies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy D. Hugo"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1419fac5-a4c4-4ff0-8ccc-8bd801d5d679"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1888"
source_hash: "551a0b3c6f096a27efeba788043c0f0ebb441461d6477872fd47b0940dcfad4e"
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 1888 (2017) — Wireless telecommunications devices; use by persons driving school buses.

Allows school bus drivers to use, in addition to two-way radio devices, wireless telecommunications devices that are used hands free to communicate with school or public safety officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0295)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0295)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1888ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1888ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101457D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1888)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Timothy D. Hugo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101457D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 295 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1419fac5-a4c4-4ff0-8ccc-8bd801d5d679`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).