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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 210 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 970 (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).