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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 234<\/a> and 447<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2017, chapter 295<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":81766,"section_number":"46.2-341.20","catch_line":"Disqualification for multiple serious traffic violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.20\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230569,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56441,"identifier":"46.2-919.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-919.1","url":"\/46.2-919.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-919.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-919.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving school buses","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-919.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

No person shall use any wireless telecommunications device, whether handheld or otherwise, while driving a school bus<\/span>, except in case of an emergency, or when the vehicle<\/span> is lawfully parked and for the purposes of dispatching. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of (i) two-way radio devices or (ii) wireless telecommunications devices that are used hands free to allow live communication between the driver<\/span> and school or public safety officials.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES BY PERSONS DRIVING SCHOOL BUSES (\u00a7\n46.2-919.1)\n\nNo person shall use any wireless telecommunications device, whether handheld or\notherwise, while driving a school bus, except in case of an emergency, or when\nthe vehicle is lawfully parked and for the purposes of dispatching. Nothing in\nthis section shall be construed to prohibit the use of (i) two-way radio devices\nor (ii) wireless telecommunications devices that are used hands free to allow\nlive communication between the driver and school or public safety officials.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, cc. 234, 447; 2017, c. 295.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}