School bus drivers; critical shortages.
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. This bill is identical to HB 351.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Signed Mar 23, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 6, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 6, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
3
Committee
13
Mar 23, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (effective 7/1/20)
Mar 4, 2020
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
Feb 28, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 25, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
Feb 18, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
Feb 17, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Feb 17, 2020
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 12, 2020
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education
Feb 6, 2020
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Feb 6, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB324S1
Feb 6, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Committee substitute agreed to 20105270D-S1
Feb 4, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
Jan 23, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Jan 23, 2020
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
Jan 14, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
Jan 6, 2020
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Jan 6, 2020
Senate · Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104144D
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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