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| Bill | Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds. | Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds. Requires the driver education program established by the Board of Education to emphasize the dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds, among other topics. The bill requires the Department of Education, no later than the start of the 2026-2027 school year, to review and update the Curriculum and Administrative Guide for Driver Education in Virginia and any other instructional resources for the Driver Education Standards of Learning to place greater emphasis on the dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds, in the behind-the-wheel training component, the classroom training component, and the parent/student component by including updated interviews with individuals who have lost family members due to speeding by teen drivers and encouraging partnerships with local police departments or sheriff's offices to provide students with real world examples of the dangers of driving at excessive speeds. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1352 | Virginia HB 1352 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1352 (2026) — Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds.
Driver education; dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds. Requires the driver education program established by the Board of Education to emphasize the dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds, among other topics. The bill requires the Department of Education, no later than the start of the 2026-2027 school year, to review and update the Curriculum and Administrative Guide for Driver Education in Virginia and any other instructional resources for the Driver Education Standards of Learning to place greater emphasis on the dangers of reckless driving, including driving at excessive speeds, in the behind-the-wheel training component, the classroom training component, and the parent/student component by including updated interviews with individuals who have lost family members due to speeding by teen drivers and encouraging partnerships with local police departments or sheriff's offices to provide students with real world examples of the dangers of driving at excessive speeds.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 94–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 26104950D
introduction - 2026-01-19 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1352)
- 2026-02-05 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Education (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-03-05 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-06 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-14 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1352ER)
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1352)
- 2026-03-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 307 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0307)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ef20fbf9-4b3a-48ac-8965-1b188d57b494. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).