HB 495 — School boards; mental health awareness training for full-time school bus drivers.
VA 20261 session
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.
Latest action: — Continued
Sponsors (6)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (19)
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- · senate · S4140 —
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- · senate · S0412 —
- · senate · S0440 —
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referred to committee (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | SEH Sub: Public Education | — | va-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to SEH Sub: Public Education · va-leg