republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-572.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 572	Virginia SB 572 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	3	26	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/07bfaad6-3b33-4765-862d-0248628c59cd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB572	57ae8f935795c5ee7e0543618d3eef0119d58780c6dcea812ed2f6cd509dba1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102440D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB572ER (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/07bfaad6-3b33-4765-862d-0248628c59cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).