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type: "Bill"
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title: "Passenger buses; width requirements."
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description: "Width requirements for passenger buses. Repeals provisions whereby the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board may permit certain counties to operate passenger buses wider than 96 inches but no wider than 102 inches. Existing law prohibits vehicles other than school buses from exceeding 102 inches in total outside width and prohibits school buses from exceeding 100 inches in total outside width. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 525"
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citation: "Virginia SB 525 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbfe1a7d-a652-4847-8490-b98fce32046c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB525"
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source_hash: "f0b09c5b1f45b063578af1cd0285984941b3172248dbda0f152d88ceae4eed6b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 525 (2020) — Passenger buses; width requirements.
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Width requirements for passenger buses. Repeals provisions whereby the Commissioner of Highways and the Commonwealth Transportation Board may permit certain counties to operate passenger buses wider than 96 inches but no wider than 102 inches. Existing law prohibits vehicles other than school buses from exceeding 102 inches in total outside width and prohibits school buses from exceeding 100 inches in total outside width. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0707)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB525ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB525ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB525)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB525)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100515D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB525)
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB525ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbfe1a7d-a652-4847-8490-b98fce32046c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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