---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses."
description: "Driver's license suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses. Removes the existing provisions that allow a person's driver's license to be suspended (i) when he is convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense; (ii) for non-payment of certain fees owed to a local correctional facility or regional jail; and (iii) for shoplifting motor fuel. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "Virginia SB 513 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a028cbaa-ff25-4828-a983-61b59130e0a2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB513"
source_hash: "bf6db8f18b0cda631842d2f81e87b4039ead8f6c5b1dc85cd43f6e30ed31062f"
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 513 (2020) — Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.

Driver's license suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses. Removes the existing provisions that allow a person's driver's license to be suspended (i) when he is convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense; (ii) for non-payment of certain fees owed to a local correctional facility or regional jail; and (iii) for shoplifting motor fuel. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0741)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0741)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB513ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB513ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB513ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB513ES1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB513)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB513)
5. **SB513S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB513S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 6-N) — **15–6** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — **27–12** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 33-N) — **64–33** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N) — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John S. Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102914D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB513)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107868D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Incorporates SB512 (Edwards)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107868D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB513ES1
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20107868D-ES1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB513ES1)
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with amendments (65-Y 33-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 33-N)
- **2020-02-26** House amendments agreed to by Senate (35-Y 5-N)
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** 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
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB513ER)
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 741 (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/a028cbaa-ff25-4828-a983-61b59130e0a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).