Driver's license; six-month suspension upon drug offense conviction.
Summary
Opposing federal requirement of a law mandatinga six-month driver's license suspension upon conviction of a drugoffense. Expresses the opposition of the General Assembly tothe enactment or enforcement of a law requiring a six-month revocationor suspension of a person's driver's license upon conviction of adrug offense. Absent a resolution from the General Assembly expressingsuch opposition, the failure to enforce such a law results in thewithholding of certain federal highway funding by the U.S. Secretaryof Transportation from the Commonwealth. Currently, such a law iscodified in §§ 18.2-259.1 and 46.2-390.1.
Bill status
in committee
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2020
Last action Feb 25, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 24, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 24, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Feb 21, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Feb 10, 2020
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (54-39-5)
house of delegates
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (12-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20107902D
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced
Introduced at the request of Governor
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
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