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Bill 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. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1888 Virginia HB 1888 (2017)
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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
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1888ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101457D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with amendment — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Transportation — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendment agreed to by House — 980 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Transportation with amendment — 130 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (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; origin ocd-bill/1419fac5-a4c4-4ff0-8ccc-8bd801d5d679. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).