STATE BILLVA HB 495ENGROSSED

School boards; mental health awareness training for full-time school bus drivers.

School boards; mental health awareness training; full-time school bus drivers. Permits any school board to require each school bus driver employed on a full-time basis in the local school division to complete mental health awareness training at least once. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to consider condensing and abbreviating the existing mental health first aid training program into a two-hour module that any school board may utilize in order to train full-time school bus drivers.

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Feb 16, 2026; 269 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2027 Regular Session

VA HB 495 · EngrossedFeb 16

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Bill details

Last action: Continued from last session · Jul 21, 2026
Pending committee: Education and Health

Bill history

Newest first.

Jul 21, 2026Continued from last sessionSenate

Mar 5, 2026Continued to next session in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)Senate

Feb 26, 2026Assigned Education sub: Public EducationSenate

Feb 18, 2026Referred to Committee on Education and HealthSenate

Feb 18, 2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)Senate

Feb 17, 2026Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)House

Feb 16, 2026Engrossed by House - committee substituteHouse

Feb 16, 2026committee substitute agreed toHouse

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Feb 16, 2026Read second timeHouse

Feb 13, 2026Read first timeHouse

Feb 12, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB495)House

Feb 11, 2026Committee substitute printed 26107573D-H1House

Feb 11, 2026Reported from Education with substitute (14-Y 7-N)House

Feb 11, 2026House committee offeredHouse

Feb 3, 2026Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)House

Feb 3, 2026House subcommittee offeredHouse

Jan 30, 2026Assigned HED sub: K-12 SubcommitteeHouse

Jan 29, 2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB495)House

Jan 12, 2026Referred to Committee on EducationHouse

Jan 12, 2026Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102869DHouse

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