---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-state conviction of drug offenses; petition for restricted driver's license."
description: "Provides that a person convicted of a drug offense in another state may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides for a restricted driver's license allowing the petitioner to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth on a restricted basis, provided that no such restricted license shall permit the petitioner to operate a commercial vehicle. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 1181"
citation: "Virginia SB 1181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Courts Not of Record", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5445ab8b-012e-40e8-8296-32b440f7249a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1181"
source_hash: "f0b1c4f1e477c0da1a813feeae07d32e74d066cebd4e6dea1fc9b8fd1b277dbf"
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 1181 (2019) — Out-of-state conviction of drug offenses; petition for restricted driver's license.

Provides that a person convicted of a drug offense in another state may petition the general district court of the county or city in which he resides for a restricted driver's license allowing the petitioner to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth on a restricted basis, provided that no such restricted license shall permit the petitioner to operate a commercial vehicle. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0076)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0076)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1181ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1181ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105054D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1181S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100358D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1181)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100358D `introduction`
- **2019-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Incorporates SB1536 (Surovell)
- **2019-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 19105054D-S1
- **2019-01-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1181S1
- **2019-01-24** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-12** Enrolled
- **2019-02-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-13** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 14, 2019
- **2019-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 76 (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/5445ab8b-012e-40e8-8296-32b440f7249a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).