---
type: "Bill"
title: "Restricted licenses; DMV authorized to issue."
description: "Driver's license suspensions; restricted licenses;drug offenses. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles toissue restricted driving credentials to individuals with driver'slicense suspensions resulting from drug-related offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1213"
citation: "Virginia SB 1213 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b417b0f0-1dfe-46f1-aaf6-98d1e72641be"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1213"
source_hash: "1294c8670269271ba400b005fe3e66a31d4398c4cda0d059d94cbab17193a4a9"
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 1213 (2021) — Restricted licenses; DMV authorized to issue.

Driver's license suspensions; restricted licenses;drug offenses. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles toissue restricted driving credentials to individuals with driver'slicense suspensions resulting from drug-related offenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0376** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0376)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102088D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1213)
3. **SB1213ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1213ER)

## Votes

- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102088D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB1213)
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Judiciary (15-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`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1213ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (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/b417b0f0-1dfe-46f1-aaf6-98d1e72641be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).