# Virginia HB842: School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.

Virginia HB842, School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Terry L. Austin (Republican); status failed, last action 2024-11-19 (Left in Education and Health) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB842-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB842
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: School boards; expands availability of allowable alternatives for pupil transportation.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-01-09
- Last action: 2024-11-19, Left in Education and Health
- Sponsor: Terry L. Austin (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 5 (131 yes, 22 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Schools boards; pupil transportation; alternatives. Expands the availability of allowable alternatives to traditional school bus transportation services relating to the transportation of students to and from school or school-related activities, including permitting any school board of a school division for which providing transportation by school bus is not cost effective to use a portion of its transportation funding to provide a grant to any parent of a student who provides student transportation to and from school, subject to certain conditions enumerated in the bill.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Terry L. Austin (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Continued to 2025 in Education and Health | pass | 14 | 1 |   |
| 2024-02-12 | House | VOTE: Passage | pass | 81 | 19 |   |
| 2024-02-05 | House | Reported from Education with amendment(s) | pass | 20 | 2 |   |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-01-30 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (22)

- 2024-11-19: Left in Education and Health (Senate)
- 2024-02-29: Continued to 2025 in Education and Health (14-Y 1-N) (Senate)
- 2024-02-21: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education (Senate)
- 2024-02-18: Impact statement from DPB (HB842E) (House)
- 2024-02-13: Referred to Committee on Education and Health (Senate)
- 2024-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2024-02-12: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 19-N) (House)
- 2024-02-12: Read third time and passed House (81-Y 19-N) (House)
- 2024-02-09: Passed by for the day (House)
- 2024-02-08: Printed as engrossed 24103262D-E (House)
- 2024-02-08: Engrossed by House as amended HB842E (House)
- 2024-02-08: Committee amendment agreed to (House)
- 2024-02-08: Read second time (House)
- 2024-02-07: Read first time (House)
- 2024-02-05: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) (House)
- 2024-01-30: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations (House)
- 2024-01-30: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2024-01-30: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered (House)
- 2024-01-29: Impact statement from DPB (HB842) (House)
- 2024-01-29: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee (House)
- 2024-01-09: Referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2024-01-09: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103262D (House)

## Bill text

- Engrossed, 2024-02-08: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB842)
- Introduced, 2024-01-31: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB842)
- Amendment: [HTML](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB842)

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## Sources
- [Engrossed (HTML)](https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB842)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB842-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).