---
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).