SB 399 VA

0likes☆Favorite🔕SubscribeShare

Became Law

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five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to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.

• J.D. "Danny" Diggs Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103468D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
3. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399) · upper
4. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Transportation with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
5. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Transportation Amendments agreed to · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Amendment agreed to · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399) · upper
14. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
18. Feb 20, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles · lower
19. Feb 24, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
20. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Read second time · lower
22. Mar 3, 2026 Read third time · lower
23. Mar 3, 2026 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 9, 2026 Enrolled · upper
25. Mar 9, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB399ER) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB399) · upper
27. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 9, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · upper
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 10, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 10, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0538) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Amendment · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML