---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding."
description: "High school student parking passes; valid driver'slicense or driver privilege card required. Requires each publichigh school to require any student who applies to obtain a pass topark a vehicle on school property to provide evidence that the studentpossesses a valid driver's license or driver privilege card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1169"
citation: "Virginia SB 1169 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b60e767-8a0e-444c-ad8b-56f7d750992e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1169"
source_hash: "6604626c4bad4663ffd0758837426d664edbf59f67550b9fb7efd931e15c74a3"
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 1169 (2021) — Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding.

High school student parking passes; valid driver'slicense or driver privilege card required. Requires each publichigh school to require any student who applies to obtain a pass topark a vehicle on school property to provide evidence that the studentpossesses a valid driver's license or driver privilege card.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0075** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0075)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200162D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1169H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100600D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1169)
4. **SB1169ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1169ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Education — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100600D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1169)
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Education
- **2021-02-12** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200162D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1169H1)
- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 21200162D-H1
- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1169H1
- **2021-02-18** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Title replaced 21200162D-H1
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1169ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b60e767-8a0e-444c-ad8b-56f7d750992e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).