VA HB351 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

School bus drivers; critical shortages. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the assistance of each school board or division superintendent, to survey each local school division to identify critical shortages of school bus drivers by geographic area and local school division and to report any such critical shortage to each local school division and to the Virginia Retirement System. The bill permits any school bus driver hired by a local school board in any geographic area or school division in which a critical shortage of school bus drivers has been so identified to elect to continue to receive a service retirement allowance during such employment if the driver meets certain other conditions.

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Title

School bus drivers; critical shortages.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 18 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-03-18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0379)
2020-03-18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-06 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-06HouseEnrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2020
2020-02-27SenateSigned by President
2020-02-27HouseSigned by Speaker
2020-02-27HouseBill text as passed House and Senate (HB351ER)
2020-02-27HouseEnrolled
2020-02-24SenatePassed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24SenateRead third time
2020-02-21SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-20SenateReported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10SenateReferred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-10SenateConstitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07HouseRead third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06HouseRead second time and engrossed
2020-02-05HouseRead first time
2020-02-03HouseReported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N)
2020-01-23HouseAssigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2020-01-22HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-22HouseReported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20HouseSubcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-20HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13HouseAssigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
2020-01-01HouseReferred to Committee on Education
2020-01-01HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102301D

Same As/Similar To

SB324 (Same As) 2020-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0437)

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
22123(n/a)See Bill Text
22170.3(n/a)See Bill Text
22179(n/a)See Bill Text
511155(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB351
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB351+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB351ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0379+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0901V0011+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H09V0020+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0202V0004+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0085+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0604+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0237+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB0351+HB0351
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0863HB0351+HB0351

Bill Comments

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