republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-557.md

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Bill	School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training.	Requires any school bus operator applicant who does not possess a commercial driver's license to receive (i) a minimum of 24 hours of classroom training and (ii) six hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers and requires any school bus operator applicant who possesses a commercial driver's license to receive (a) a minimum of four hours of classroom training and (b) three hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. Current law leaves the setting of such hourly requirements to the Department of Education. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 557	Virginia SB 557 (2018)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	4	20	6	2018-01-09	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/598f368d-e3ad-4033-870f-74f13202d1d3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB557	c652065d634bd1d0c9dd60bca36f2292406db3898aed08883b52642934513e47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 557 (2018) — School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training.

Requires any school bus operator applicant who does not possess a commercial driver's license to receive (i) a minimum of 24 hours of classroom training and (ii) six hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers and requires any school bus operator applicant who possesses a commercial driver's license to receive (a) a minimum of four hours of classroom training and (b) three hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. Current law leaves the setting of such hourly requirements to the Department of Education. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Committee substitute printed 18107054D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB557ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105297D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101767D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House with substitute — 99–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Education with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 35–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101767D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-01-17 Assigned Education sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 18105297D-S1
• 2018-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB557S1
• 2018-02-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 18107054D-H1
• 2018-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB557H1
• 2018-02-19 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N) passage
• 2018-02-21 Title replaced 18107054D-H1
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/598f368d-e3ad-4033-870f-74f13202d1d3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).