---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked; mandatory minimum term."
description: "Driving while license, permit, or privilegeto drive suspended or revoked; mandatory minimum. Eliminatesthe mandatory minimum term of confinement in jail of 10 days fora third or subsequent conviction of driving on a suspended license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 711"
citation: "Virginia SB 711 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer L. McClellan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/488cd11f-a800-4600-b59a-66bff646ed94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB711"
source_hash: "15f92d56ebb21a8ac619e6220d4bcd97986c1c1ece5d1ebbdeb1b4aef74b7d79"
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 711 (2020) — Driving while license, permit, or privilege to drive suspended or revoked; mandatory minimum term.

Driving while license, permit, or privilegeto drive suspended or revoked; mandatory minimum. Eliminatesthe mandatory minimum term of confinement in jail of 10 days fora third or subsequent conviction of driving on a suspended license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1018)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1018)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB711ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB711ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB711)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB711)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer L. McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104841D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB711)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed House (53-Y 44-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 44-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB711ER)
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1018 (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/488cd11f-a800-4600-b59a-66bff646ed94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).