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| Bill | Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways. | Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways. Clarifies that the exemption from the requirement for a driver of a motor vehicle to stop for a stopped school bus if such bus is stopped on the other roadway of a divided highway, on an access road, or on a driveway when the other roadway, access road, or driveway is separated from the roadway on which he is driving by a physical barrier or an unpaved area applies regardless of whether the physical barrier or unpaved area is continuous or segmented when necessary to accommodate an intersection or turning vehicles. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 409 | Virginia HB 409 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 409 (2026) — Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways.
Passing a stopped school bus; divided highways, access roads, and certain driveways. Clarifies that the exemption from the requirement for a driver of a motor vehicle to stop for a stopped school bus if such bus is stopped on the other roadway of a divided highway, on an access road, or on a driveway when the other roadway, access road, or driveway is separated from the roadway on which he is driving by a physical barrier or an unpaved area applies regardless of whether the physical barrier or unpaved area is continuous or segmented when necessary to accommodate an intersection or turning vehicles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David A. Reid — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102514D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB409)
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB409ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB409)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0132)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1eacf7d-ad9d-43e8-a86e-3ade8fb00309. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).