Driver's license, etc.; sex designation on application form.
Summary
Department of Motor Vehicles; sex designation. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer any applicant the option to mark "male," "female," or "non-binary" when designating the applicant's sex on an application for a driver's license or special identification card.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 2, 2020
Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 25, 2020
How they voted
21–18
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 5, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
14
Committee
11
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 544 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (57-Y 43-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 31, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB246S1
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105924D-S1
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 2, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101569D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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