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 SB 324.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 1, 2020
Signed Mar 18, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
11
Mar 18, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 379 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 1, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102301D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Robert B. Bell
RRepublican
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