1. Virginia Association for Pupil Transportation
Legislation Committee Report June 2016

2. Legislation Committee Members
Barbara Goodman Lonnie Reavis
Retired/Chesterfield County Loudoun County
Charmane White Harold Grimes
Albemarle County Retired/Henrico County

3. 2016 Session Statistics
Type
Introduced
Passed House
Passed Senate
Passed Both
Cont.
Failed
Approved
Vetoed
H.B.
1,391
583
522
517
115
759
490 27
H.J.R.
537
482
470 3 64 2
H.R.
265
260 1 4
S.B.
781
297
385
294
105
382
286 8
S.J.R.
215
172
182 18 25
S.R. 97 90 7
Totals
3,286
1,794
1,649
1,513
242
1,241
780 35

4. Bills Passed

5. Bills Passed

6. Bills Passed

7. Bill Passed / Governor Vetoed

8. House Bills Passed

9. House Bills Passed

10. House Bills Passed

11. Senate Bills Passed

12. Senate Bills Passed S

13. Senate Bills Passed

14. Proposed Legislation Failed (Tabled, Stricken, or Passed-by indefinitely)
HB 50 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
HB 243 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
HB 341 Passing stopped school bus; video-monitoring system.
HB 915 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
SB 16 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
SB 74 Passing stopped school buses; mailing of summons.
HB 93 School calendar; local school boards responsible.
HB 571 School calendar; local school boards responsible.
HB 753 School calendar; local school boards responsible.
HB 788 School calendar; local school boards responsible.
SB 340 School calendar; local school boards responsible.
HB 967 School term; waiver of length of school term, early course mastery.

15. Proposed Legislation Failed (Tabled, Stricken, or Passed-by indefinitely)
HB 306 School buses; display of advertising material on sides and rear.
HB 73 Driving while texting; fines.
SB 730 Driving while texting; involuntary manslaughter, maiming, etc., of another, penalties.
SB 778 Use of handheld personal communications devices while driving; penalty.
HB 265 Charter schools, public; amount appropriated to local school boards.
HB 565 Charter schools, public; changes to provisions for establishment and operation.
SB 275 Local school boards; transportation agreements with nonpublic schools.
HB 853 Traffic lights; use of photo-monitoring systems.

16. Proposed Legislation Failed (Tabled, Stricken, or Passed-by indefinitely)
SB 390 Temporary visitor's driver's licenses; DMV may issue.
HB 74 Drug offenses, misdemeanor; expungement of records.
HB 997 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession.
HB 1041 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
HB 1074 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession.
HJ 137 Driver's license; suspension upon conviction of marijuana offense.
SB 104 Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, reduces penalties for distribution.
HB 850 DMV; removes $5 service charge imposed and collected for in-person transactions.
SB 613 Driver's license; marijuana possession.

17. Proposed Legislation Failed (Tabled, Stricken, or Passed-by indefinitely)
SJ 94 Driver's license; suspension upon conviction of marijuana offense.
HB 850 DMV; removes $5 service charge imposed and collected for in-person transactions.
SB 540 Early childhood education; all school divisions to provide for certain children.
SB 321 Public schools; kindergarten instructional time.

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