---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; scanning information."
description: "Scanning information from driver's license. Allows a merchant to scan the machine-readable zone of an individual's Department of Motor Vehicles-issued identification card or driver's license in order to verify authenticity of the identification card or driver's license or to verify the identity of the individual when the individual requests a service pursuant to a membership or a service agreement. Currently, a merchant is allowed to conduct such a scan for identity verification purposes if the individual pays for goods or services with a method other than cash, returns an item, or requests a refund or an exchange. The measure also allows a merchant to retain information obtained from the machine-readable zone of the identification card or driver's license for such a verification purpose. However, the merchant must destroy the retained information when the purpose for which it was provided and retained has been satisfied."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Virginia SB 101 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-12-05"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f015f663-5b90-46c2-805c-eb69b1e80183"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB101"
source_hash: "cd580d8703bdacb6aee75d53391a61eb8729cc8ba47bae62f020181951fc7680"
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 101 (2020) — Driver's license; scanning information.

Scanning information from driver's license. Allows a merchant to scan the machine-readable zone of an individual's Department of Motor Vehicles-issued identification card or driver's license in order to verify authenticity of the identification card or driver's license or to verify the identity of the individual when the individual requests a service pursuant to a membership or a service agreement. Currently, a merchant is allowed to conduct such a scan for identity verification purposes if the individual pays for goods or services with a method other than cash, returns an item, or requests a refund or an exchange. The measure also allows a merchant to retain information obtained from the machine-readable zone of the identification card or driver's license for such a verification purpose. However, the merchant must destroy the retained information when the purpose for which it was provided and retained has been satisfied.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0542)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB101ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB101ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB101E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB101E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB101)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB101)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — **80–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100237D `introduction`
- **2019-12-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB101)
- **2020-01-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB101E
- **2020-01-23** Printed as engrossed 20100237D-E
- **2020-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB101E)
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (81-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB101ER)
- **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 542 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f015f663-5b90-46c2-805c-eb69b1e80183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).