HJ 200 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

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
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
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
Photo of Cliff Hayes
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
VA
91