HB 1525 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Driver's licenses; revocation or suspension, laws of other jurisdictions.

Summary
Provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles is limited to reviewing the text of another jurisdiction's law when determining whether a person's driver's license should be administratively revoked or suspended as a result of such person's conviction in the other jurisdiction for an offense substantially similar to an offense under the law of the Commonwealth that requires revocation or suspension of a person's driver's license. The bill also provides that if the Commissioner cannot reasonably determine from the text of the other jurisdiction's law whether such law is substantially similar to the law of the Commonwealth, the Commissioner may, if available, review a certified copy of the final order of the person's conviction in the other jurisdiction. The bill also establishes a process for any person whose driver's license was administratively revoked or suspended prior to July 1, 2017, on the basis of a conviction in another jurisdiction to request a review of such revocation or suspension. The provisions of the act do not apply to any disqualification of eligibility to operate a commercial motor vehicle imposed by the Commissioner pursuant to the Virginia Commercial Driver's License Act.
Bill status passed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2016
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
Governor
Introduced Dec 26, 2016 Last action Apr 5, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
47
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
1
Apr 5, 2017
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 5, 2017
Legislature · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Recommitted to Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Feb 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1525E
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
legislature
Jan 13, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
legislature
Dec 26, 2016
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Dec 26, 2016
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100315D
legislature
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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