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type: "Bill"
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title: "School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 557"
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citation: "Virginia SB 557 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598f368d-e3ad-4033-870f-74f13202d1d3"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB557"
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source_hash: "c652065d634bd1d0c9dd60bca36f2292406db3898aed08883b52642934513e47"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 557 (2018) — School bus operators; classroom and behind-the-wheel training.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Committee substitute printed 18107054D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB557H1)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB557ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB557ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105297D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB557S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101767D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB557)
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## Votes
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- Passed House with substitute — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101767D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 18105297D-S1
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- **2018-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB557S1
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- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 18107054D-H1
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- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB557H1
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- **2018-02-19** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Title replaced 18107054D-H1
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598f368d-e3ad-4033-870f-74f13202d1d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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