---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricted driver's license; purposes."
description: "Adds travel to and from a job interview to the list of purposes for the issuance of a restricted driver's license. The bill provides that a person issued a restricted driver's license for this purpose is required to maintain on his person written proof from the prospective employer of the date, time, and location of the job interview."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Virginia SB 817 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-11-02"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f48a6cca-40c7-45ce-8e5d-d51503c49bcc"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB817"
source_hash: "6d0715181e6d16ddef7e2be17b93690a81fb6ba91f51d07fbebfbc89651f870c"
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 817 (2017) — Restricted driver's license; purposes.

Adds travel to and from a job interview to the list of purposes for the issuance of a restricted driver's license. The bill provides that a person issued a restricted driver's license for this purpose is required to maintain on his person written proof from the prospective employer of the date, time, and location of the job interview.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0701)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB817ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100656D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB817)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100656D `introduction`
- **2016-11-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-22** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-22** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f48a6cca-40c7-45ce-8e5d-d51503c49bcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).