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HB 416 VA
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School buses; use for public purposes by local governing bodies, insurance reimbursement.

VA · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Apr 13, 2026) Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/2026)

Summary

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.

Sponsor (1)

3 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie · cosponsor
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
  • Charlie Schmidt · cosponsor

Action history (29)

  1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102152D · lower
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
  3. Jan 23, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
  4. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) · lower
  5. Jan 28, 2026 Reported from Education (16-Y 5-N) · lower
  6. Jan 30, 2026 Read first time · lower
  7. Feb 2, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
  8. Feb 3, 2026 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 31-N 0-A) · lower
  9. Feb 4, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
  10. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
  11. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB416) · lower
  12. Feb 19, 2026 Rereferred from Education and Health to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) · upper
  13. Mar 9, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (11-Y 3-N) · upper
  14. Mar 10, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
  15. Mar 10, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
  16. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
  17. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
  18. Mar 11, 2026 Commerce and Labor Amendment agreed to · upper
  19. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended · upper
  20. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 11-N 0-A) · upper
  21. Mar 12, 2026 Senate amendment agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
  22. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
  23. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB416ER) · lower
  24. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
  25. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB416) · lower
  26. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
  27. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
  28. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
  29. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 922 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

Text versions (6)

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  • Enrolled · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Senate Amendment · HTML
  • Commerce and Labor Amendment · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

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