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| Bill | School buses; use for public purposes by local governing bodies, insurance reimbursement. | Use of school buses for public purposes by local governing bodies; insurance reimbursement. Permits any local governing body that use school buses for certain public purposes pursuant to an agreement with a school board to reimburse the school board for the proportionate share of any insurance costs, both fixed and variable, of such buses incurred by such school board that are attributable to the use of such buses pursuant to such agreement in lieu of the existing statutory requirement for such a local governing body to supply sufficient insurance for such school buses. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 416 | Virginia HB 416 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 416 (2026) — School buses; use for public purposes by local governing bodies, insurance reimbursement.
Use of school buses for public purposes by local governing bodies; insurance reimbursement. Permits any local governing body that use school buses for certain public purposes pursuant to an agreement with a school board to reimburse the school board for the proportionate share of any insurance costs, both fixed and variable, of such buses incurred by such school board that are attributable to the use of such buses pursuant to such agreement in lieu of the existing statutory requirement for such a local governing body to supply sufficient insurance for such school buses.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Commerce and Labor Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education — 16–5 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment — 11–3 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 66–31 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 29–11 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 65–33 (pass) · lower
- Rereferred from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102152D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Education (16-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 31-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB416)
- 2026-02-19 Rereferred from Education and Health to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (11-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-11 Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate amendment agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB416ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB416)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77d99da4-f720-4228-b7d1-1e14d8a27289. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).