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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Commercial driver's licenses; entry-level driver training."
+description: "Commercial driver's licenses; entry-level drivertraining. Makes changes to Chapter 750 of the Acts of Assemblyof 2019 necessitated by federal regulatory action delaying the compliancedate for certain provisions of that act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 290"
+citation: "Virginia SB 290 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-03"
+last_action: "2020-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb43c1ef-fdc3-4e8e-aa75-fad5e51ae8a7"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB290"
+source_hash: "fb3e0f7dd918434314fbd19a3dcf8156bebeb998742e7252ae9a4e05fe32473b"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 290 (2020) — Commercial driver's licenses; entry-level driver training.
+
+Commercial driver's licenses; entry-level drivertraining. Makes changes to Chapter 750 of the Acts of Assemblyof 2019 necessitated by federal regulatory action delaying the compliancedate for certain provisions of that act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0546)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB290ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB290ER)
+3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB290E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB290E)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB290)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB290)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102755D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB290)
+- **2020-01-30** Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-04** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2020-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB290E
+- **2020-02-04** Printed as engrossed 20102755D-E
+- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB290E)
+- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB290ER)
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (effective 7/1/20 - see bill) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb43c1ef-fdc3-4e8e-aa75-fad5e51ae8a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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