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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Restricted driver's license; issuance for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated, etc."
+description: "Issuance of restricted driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the expiration of three years from the date of his last conviction, regardless of the date of such conviction, when such person's last conviction resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket. This bill is identical to SB 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1324"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1324 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-11"
+last_action: "2024-04-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc6d2e35-e229-4feb-9973-5d158b1014e4"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1324"
+source_hash: "7d76032d204f4e0c363f937f501a93c8057ec588ac96320becd4344ee2c91056"
+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 HB 1324 (2024) — Restricted driver's license; issuance for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated, etc.
+
+Issuance of restricted driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the expiration of three years from the date of his last conviction, regardless of the date of such conviction, when such person's last conviction resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket. This bill is identical to SB 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0552** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0552)
+2. **HB1324ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1324ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104145D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1324)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 24104145D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1324E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
+- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 24104145D `introduction`
+- **2024-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1324)
+- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB1324E
+- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24104145D-E
+- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) `passage`
+- **2024-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1324E)
+- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-28** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2024-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2024-03-05** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1324ER) `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1324ER)
+- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc6d2e35-e229-4feb-9973-5d158b1014e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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