---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state conviction of drug offenses; person may petition for restricted driver's license."
description: "Provides that a person convicted of a drug offense in another state may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides for a restricted driver's license allowing the petitioner to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth on a restricted basis, provided that no such restricted license shall permit the petitioner to operate a commercial vehicle. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1664"
citation: "Virginia HB 1664 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Courts Not of Record", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bb504e5-b457-4751-96f4-c8343dacd194"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1664"
source_hash: "e4ac9eb825b706e74441cd04b301e805646ccbb230f0199c90625d55acd5ddc7"
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 1664 (2019) — Out-of-state conviction of drug offenses; person may petition for restricted driver's license.

Provides that a person convicted of a drug offense in another state may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides for a restricted driver's license allowing the petitioner to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth on a restricted basis, provided that no such restricted license shall permit the petitioner to operate a commercial vehicle. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0068)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1664ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1664ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104871D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1664H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101334D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1664)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101334D `introduction`
- **2018-12-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 19104871D-H1
- **2019-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1664H1
- **2019-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bb504e5-b457-4751-96f4-c8343dacd194`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).