republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-416.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School buses; use for public purposes by local governing bodies, insurance reimbursement."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Virginia HB 416 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-12"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77d99da4-f720-4228-b7d1-1e14d8a27289"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB416"
source_hash: "f2f5e9d7dd5c587db21de27f4c5d1f662c5c2f08881751d0853e6b7760afb367"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# 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.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084343.PDF)
2. **Commerce and Labor Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202078.HTML)
3. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1206008.HTML)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213460.PDF)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77d99da4-f720-4228-b7d1-1e14d8a27289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).