Immigration (Driver Licenses & IDs)

Driver privilege cards and permits; discontinued. Discontinues the issuance of driver privilege cards and provides that any issued driver privilege card is invalid as of July 1, 2026. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to notify any person who has been issued a driver privilege card that such driver privilege card is invalid.

Elections; duties of the Department of Elections; Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program). Provides that the Department of Elections' use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (SAVE Program) operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is for the sole purpose of individually verifying that voters listed in the Virginia voter registration system are United States citizens. The Department of Elections is prohibited from (i) using information received from the SAVE Program as the sole reason for rejecting a registration application, (ii) uploading lists of registered voters to the SAVE Program for verifying their citizenship status in bulk, or (iii) transferring any information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or any subdivision thereof beyond the minimum information necessary. This bill was incorporated into HB 972.