---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driving records; Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles to create online access to minors."
description: "Driving records; Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles to create online access to minors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1343"
citation: "Virginia SB 1343 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5cb2999-c796-47c8-a1f8-e730142a6ce7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1343"
source_hash: "b9efc465ba9238e7b60200dfbbc10e80f49b0cabaf8af4d8b07a35fa00100353"
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 1343 (2023) — Driving records; Commissioner of Department of Motor Vehicles to create online access to minors.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0404** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0404)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103112D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1343)
3. **SB1343ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1343ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103112D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1343)
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with amendment (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1343ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1343ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 404 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0404)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5cb2999-c796-47c8-a1f8-e730142a6ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).