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| Bill | Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report. | Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards; discipline; report. Prohibits the licensure of a person as a driver training school instructor for driver education courses for minors if the person has been convicted of certain sex crimes or any offense that requires registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill removes the five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to alcohol or drug testing, or (iv) vehicular manslaughter, such period shall be no less than 10 years. The bill requires the Department to establish and maintain a public, searchable database of disciplinary action taken by the Department against an instructor or driver training school. The bill requires driver training schools to notify students, prospective students, and guardians thereof of any such disciplinary actions taken in the preceding 24 months or while such student is enrolled. The bill also requires the Department to annually by November 1 submit a report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation detailing such disciplinary actions. This bill is identical to HB 559. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 399 | Virginia SB 399 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 399 (2026) — Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards; discipline; report. Prohibits the licensure of a person as a driver training school instructor for driver education courses for minors if the person has been convicted of certain sex crimes or any offense that requires registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill removes the five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to alcohol or drug testing, or (iv) vehicular manslaughter, such period shall be no less than 10 years. The bill requires the Department to establish and maintain a public, searchable database of disciplinary action taken by the Department against an instructor or driver training school. The bill requires driver training schools to notify students, prospective students, and guardians thereof of any such disciplinary actions taken in the preceding 24 months or while such student is enrolled. The bill also requires the Department to annually by November 1 submit a report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation detailing such disciplinary actions. This bill is identical to HB 559.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Finance and Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103468D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Transportation Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB399ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399)
- 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-10 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c772bb6-1a19-413a-8f54-9257fdd88992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).