HB 1993 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Public school buses; display of advertising, hiring of school bus drivers.

Summary

Public school buses; display of advertising; hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division. Permits any local school board, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, to display decals, posters, and stickers on the sides and rear of school buses advertising the hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division, provided that the local school board is responsible for the cost of such decals, posters, and stickers and that no such decal, poster, or sticker obstructs the name of the school division or the number of the school bus.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 19, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill transitions HB 1993 from its enrolled form to its chaptered form, making it officially part of the Virginia Acts of Assembly for the 2025 session. The substantive content of the law regarding school bus regulations, advertising, and driver hiring remains unchanged. The formatting differences reflect standard legislative publication procedures rather than policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

The bill was formatted for official publication as Chapter 158 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly, with approval date March 19, 2025. No substantive policy changes were made to the school bus regulations, advertising rules, or hiring provisions.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 18, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 19, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1993ER)

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Public Education

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 18, 2025

Committee

Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors