2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB842: School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.

Legislative Summary

Schools boards; pupil transportation; alternatives. Expands the availability of allowable alternatives to traditional school bus transportation services relating to the transportation of students to and from school or school-related activities, including permitting any school board of a school division for which providing transportation by school bus is not cost effective to use a portion of its transportation funding to provide a grant to any parent of a student who provides student transportation to and from school, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.

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Bill History

1/9/2024
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103262D
House of Delegates
1/9/2024
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
1/29/2024
Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
House of Delegates
1/29/2024
Impact statement from DPB (HB842)
House of Delegates
1/30/2024
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
House of Delegates
1/30/2024
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/30/2024
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
2/5/2024
Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
House of Delegates
2/7/2024
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Committee amendment agreed to
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Engrossed by House as amended HB842E
House of Delegates
2/8/2024
Printed as engrossed 24103262D-E
House of Delegates
2/9/2024
Passed by for the day
House of Delegates
2/12/2024
Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N)
House of Delegates
2/12/2024
VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N)
House of Delegates
2/13/2024
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
2/13/2024
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
2/18/2024
Impact statement from DPB (HB842E)
House of Delegates
2/21/2024
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
Senate
2/29/2024
Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
Senate
11/19/2024
Left in Education and Health
Senate

Amendments

House amendments adopted

House amendments adopted

7/8/2024Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N)
2/29/2024
14
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N)
2/12/2024
81
Yea
19
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N)
2/5/2024
20
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
1/30/2024
8
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/8/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Education and Health(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Primary Sponsor

Terry Austin
Terry Austin
Republican

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/8/202414.4 KB
Prefiled
Bill Text1/9/202414.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis7/8/202459.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis7/8/202459.7 KB