HB559 — Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Last action — Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House of Delegates
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2026. Enacted.
Signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican) on March 10, 2026.
Odds of enactment
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Prognosis
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 11 recorded votes so far.
Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.
Summary
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Bill Text
We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.
Read HB559 on the official Virginia source →Action History
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Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
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Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/2026)
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
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H Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
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S Signed by President
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H Signed by Speaker
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H Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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H Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER)
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H Enrolled
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H Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)
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S Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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S Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
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S Transportation Substitute agreed to
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S Read third time
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S Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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S Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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S Rules suspended
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S Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
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H Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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S Committee substitute printed 26108305D-S1
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S Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
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S Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
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S Referred to Committee on Transportation
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S Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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H Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
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H Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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H Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
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H Read second time and engrossed
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H Read first time
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H Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N)
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H Placed on Transportation Agenda
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H Rereferred to Transportation
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H Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
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H Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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H Passed by for the day
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H Read second time and engrossed
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H Read first time
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H Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
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H Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
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H Placed on Transportation Agenda
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H Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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H Placed on Transportation Agenda
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H Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
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H Referred to Committee on Transportation
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H Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102599D
Sponsors
- Scott A. Wyatt · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 147 not signed on · 34 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Scott A. Wyatt Voted No
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (147)
147 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 147 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (99)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (40)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Aaron R. Rouse | — | Yea |
| Angelia Williams Graves | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Yea |
| Christie New Craig | — | Yea |
| Christopher T. Head | — | Yea |
| Danica A. Roem | — | Yea |
| David R. Suetterlein | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | — | Yea |
| Emily M. Jordan | — | Yea |
| Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | — | Yea |
| J.D. "Danny" Diggs | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jennifer D. Carroll Foy | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| Kannan Srinivasan | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Lamont Bagby | — | Yea |
| Lashrecse D. Aird | — | Yea |
| Luther Cifers, III | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| Mark J. Peake | — | Yea |
| Michael J. Jones | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Russet Perry | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Saddam Azlan Salim | — | Yea |
| Schuyler T. VanValkenburg | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
| Stella G. Pekarsky | — | Yea |
| T. Travis Hackworth | — | Yea |
| Tammy Brankley Mulchi | — | Yea |
| Tara A. Durant | — | Yea |
| Timmy French | — | Yea |
| Todd E. Pillion | — | Yea |
| William M. Stanley, Jr. | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 0% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron R. Rouse | — | Yea |
| Barbara A. Favola | — | Yea |
| Bryce E. Reeves | — | Not Voting |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Jeremy S. McPike | — | Yea |
| L. Louise Lucas | — | Yea |
| Lamont Bagby | — | Yea |
| Lashrecse D. Aird | — | Yea |
| Mamie E. Locke | — | Yea |
| Mark D. Obenshain | — | Yea |
| R. Creigh Deeds | — | Yea |
| Richard H. Stuart | — | Yea |
| Ryan T. McDougle | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Surovell | — | Yea |
| Todd E. Pillion | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (15)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bill DeSteph | — | Yea |
| Danica A. Roem | — | Yea |
| David R. Suetterlein | — | Yea |
| David W. Marsden | — | Yea |
| Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. | — | Yea |
| J.D. "Danny" Diggs | — | Yea |
| Jennifer B. Boysko | — | Yea |
| Kannan Srinivasan | — | Yea |
| Lamont Bagby | — | Yea |
| Lashrecse D. Aird | — | Yea |
| Luther Cifers, III | — | Yea |
| Michael J. Jones | — | Yea |
| Stella G. Pekarsky | — | Yea |
| T. Travis Hackworth | — | Yea |
| Tammy Brankley Mulchi | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 97 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 97 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (100)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 96 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 96 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (100)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (22)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Adele Y. McClure | — | Yea |
| Barry D. Knight | — | Not Voting |
| Betsy B. Carr | — | Yea |
| Bill Wiley | — | Yea |
| Bonita G. Anthony | — | Yea |
| Briana D. Sewell | — | Yea |
| David A. Reid | — | Yea |
| Delores L. McQuinn | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | — | Not Voting |
| Elizabeth R. Guzman | — | Yea |
| Eric Phillips | — | Yea |
| Israel D. O'Quinn | — | Yea |
| Jackie H. Glass | — | Yea |
| Jason S. Ballard | — | Yea |
| Jeion A. Ward | — | Yea |
| Joshua E. Thomas | — | Yea |
| Karrie K. Delaney | — | Yea |
| Leslie Chambers Mehta | — | Yea |
| Michael B. Feggans | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Wyatt | — | Yea |
| Terry L. Austin | — | Yea |
| Vivian E. Watts | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 63 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 63 | 35 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 63% | 35% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (100)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (22)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Adele Y. McClure | — | Yea |
| Barry D. Knight | — | Not Voting |
| Betsy B. Carr | — | Yea |
| Bill Wiley | — | Yea |
| Bonita G. Anthony | — | Yea |
| Briana D. Sewell | — | Yea |
| David A. Reid | — | Yea |
| Delores L. McQuinn | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth R. Guzman | — | Yea |
| Israel D. O'Quinn | — | Yea |
| Jackie H. Glass | — | Yea |
| Jason S. Ballard | — | Yea |
| Jeion A. Ward | — | Yea |
| Joshua E. Thomas | — | Yea |
| Karrie K. Delaney | — | Yea |
| Leslie Chambers Mehta | — | Yea |
| Michael B. Feggans | — | Yea |
| Scott A. Wyatt | — | Yea |
| Terry L. Austin | — | Yea |
| Vivian E. Watts | — | Yea |
| Wren M. Williams | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Adele Y. McClure | — | Yea |
| Bill Wiley | — | Yea |
| Bonita G. Anthony | — | Yea |
| Briana D. Sewell | — | Yea |
| Delores L. McQuinn | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker | — | Yea |
| Elizabeth R. Guzman | — | Yea |
| Israel D. O'Quinn | — | Yea |
| Michael B. Feggans | — | Yea |
| Terry L. Austin | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB559 do?
- Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
- Who sponsors HB559?
- HB559 is sponsored by Scott A. Wyatt.
- What is the current status of HB559?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2026. Enacted.
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