HB559Introduced in the House of Delegates
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards, discipline, report.
Introduced by Scott Wyatt, District 60
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Driver training school and driver training instructors; standards; discipline; report. Prohibits the licensure of a person as a driver training school instructor for driver education courses for minors if the person has been convicted of certain sex crimes or any offense that requires registration on the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry. The bill removes the five-year limitation on the period the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to set for a licensee whose license was revoked to reapply and provides that if the revocation was due to a conviction of (i) driving under the influence, (ii) reckless driving, (iii) refusal to submit to alcohol or drug testing, or (iv) vehicular manslaughter, such period shall be no less than 10 years. The bill requires the Department to establish and maintain a public, searchable database of disciplinary action taken by the Department against an instructor or driver training school. The bill requires driver training schools to notify students, prospective students, and guardians thereof of any such disciplinary actions taken in the preceding 24 months or while such student is enrolled. The bill also requires the Department to annually by November 1 submit a report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation detailing such disciplinary actions. This bill is identical to SB 399.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
April 10, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
7 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) · March 3, 2026
96
Yes
2
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each delegate voted
| Delegate | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Hope | 1 | Yes |
| Adele McClure | 2 | Yes |
| Alfonso Lopez | 3 | Yes |
| Charniele Herring | 4 | Yes |
| Kirk McPike | 5 | Yes |
| Richard Sullivan | 6 | Yes |
| Karen Keys-Gamarra | 7 | Yes |
| Irene Shin | 8 | Yes |
| Karrie Delaney | 9 | Yes |
| Dan Helmer | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102599D
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
Read first time
Read second time and engrossed
Passed by for the day
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Rereferred to Transportation
Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Read second time and engrossed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108305D-S1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read third time
Transportation Substitute agreed to
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB559ER)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB559)
Signed by Speaker
Signed by President
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/2026)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
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