---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; DMV to issue licenses and special ID cards."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; driver's license eligibility. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a limited-duration driver's license, permit, or special identification card to an applicant with a valid, unexpired Employment Authorization Document."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 761"
citation: "Virginia SB 761 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa1685dd-0318-4a2f-a43d-ce70d652cc8d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB761"
source_hash: "d4d36ec8dd36f4dbc1b4589bc5dfd061aa9947585cd0880c3775ef636238a2e6"
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 761 (2020) — Driver's license; DMV to issue licenses and special ID cards.

Department of Motor Vehicles; driver's license eligibility. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a limited-duration driver's license, permit, or special identification card to an applicant with a valid, unexpired Employment Authorization Document.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0981)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0981)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB761ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB761ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB761S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB761S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB761)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB761)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage #2 (60-Y 38-N) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N) — **5–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N) — **62–36** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103308D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB761)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20107215D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107215D-S1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB761S1
- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB761S1)
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (63-Y 36-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N)
- **2020-02-26** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2020-02-26** Passed House (60-Y 38-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage #2 (60-Y 38-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB761ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 981 (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/fa1685dd-0318-4a2f-a43d-ce70d652cc8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).