---
type: "Bill"
title: "License suspensions; driving during a period of suspension or revocation, extension."
description: "License suspensions due to driving during aperiod of suspension or revocation; period of suspension. Prohibitsany license suspensions due to driving during a period of suspensionor revocation from extending beyond 10 years from the date of conviction for such violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "Virginia HB 1080 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c00666-a90e-43de-b660-86b97f095dbd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1080"
source_hash: "a0ba26bbbcf8f12d6566d41f4fef502227844f9def9cd2fc9991091658a0f408"
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 1080 (2024) — License suspensions; driving during a period of suspension or revocation, extension.

License suspensions due to driving during aperiod of suspension or revocation; period of suspension. Prohibitsany license suspensions due to driving during a period of suspensionor revocation from extending beyond 10 years from the date of conviction for such violation.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0543** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0543)
2. **HB1080ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1080ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102682D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1080)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102682D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080)
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1080ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080ER)
- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0543)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8c00666-a90e-43de-b660-86b97f095dbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).