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type: "Bill"
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title: "Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report."
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description: "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five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to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 SB 399."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 559"
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citation: "Virginia HB 559 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02e0977d-3936-4f7c-9cd5-b5245a952f97"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB559"
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source_hash: "99f7bbaea881c831f7cd333acdde35a27faf9b836209ec81b839060b84c5689b"
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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 HB 559 (2026) — Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
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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 SB 399.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084944.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218329.PDF)
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3. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171474.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197791.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **63–35** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102599D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-19** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-05** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-05** Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 35-N 0-A) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Rereferred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-16** Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108305D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Transportation Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-10** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
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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/02e0977d-3936-4f7c-9cd5-b5245a952f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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