VirginiaDriver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
What it does
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five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to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.
More detail
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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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 10Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)Latest
- Apr 10Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 14Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 14Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 10Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
- Mar 10Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER)Major
- Mar 10EnrolledMinor
- Mar 3Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 27Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 27Transportation Substitute agreed to
- Feb 27Read third timeMinor
- Feb 26Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 26Rules suspended
- Feb 25Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
- Feb 20Committee substitute printed 26108305D-S1Major
- Feb 19Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Feb 17Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 16Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 16Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 16Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 13Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 12Read first timeMinor
- Feb 10Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Rereferred to TransportationMinor
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 35-N 0-A)Minor
- Feb 5Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 4Passed by for the day
- Feb 3Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 29Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 19Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor VehiclesMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102599DIntroduced