SB 514 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs, removes certain requirement.

Summary
Suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs. Removes the requirement that a court suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of any violation of the law who fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment of fines or costs. The bill provides that the fine for any moving violation while operating a motor vehicle in a designated highway safety corridor shall be no more than $500 for any violation that is a traffic infraction and not less than $200 for any violation that is a criminal offense. The bill also repeals the Nonresident Violator Compact of 1977. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill was incorporated into SB 1.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Jan 15, 2020
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Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20103345D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
VA
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