---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Driver's Manual course; computer-based mediums."
description: "Provides that the course on the Virginia Driver's Manual required for certain persons who have failed the driver knowledge examination three times may be conducted in a classroom or through a secure computer-based medium, provided that the computer-based medium has acceptable security features designed to ensure that the certificate of completion is issued to the same person who took the course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2717"
citation: "Virginia HB 2717 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/907e7b9b-0c64-4466-825d-2b3d2c05c962"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2717"
source_hash: "070ae3577c5cd291574e9e0054142efbf4e429dbefdc9b2b9e58f5d6cce04a92"
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 HB 2717 (2019) — Virginia Driver's Manual course; computer-based mediums.

Provides that the course on the Virginia Driver's Manual required for certain persons who have failed the driver knowledge examination three times may be conducted in a classroom or through a secure computer-based medium, provided that the computer-based medium has acceptable security features designed to ensure that the certificate of completion is issued to the same person who took the course.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0745)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2717)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2717ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105791D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717H1)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103725D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 19103725D `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19105791D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2717H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/907e7b9b-0c64-4466-825d-2b3d2c05c962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).