---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; standard for being denied or having license reviewed/revoked for medical reasons."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; medical review. Changes the standard for being denied a driver's license or having a driver's license reviewed or revoked for medical reasons by removing language regarding the presence of a disability or disease and requiring the existence of an impairment that will prevent the driver from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle safely."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1163"
citation: "Virginia HB 1163 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Sickles"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a72c6180-1089-45a7-a38a-22ea399a8bc2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1163"
source_hash: "552631982e0c0d11927a4f6f82550c698697c273848036c885133ccf2797eaf5"
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 1163 (2024) — Driver's license; standard for being denied or having license reviewed/revoked for medical reasons.

Department of Motor Vehicles; medical review. Changes the standard for being denied a driver's license or having a driver's license reviewed or revoked for medical reasons by removing language regarding the presence of a disability or disease and requiring the existence of an impairment that will prevent the driver from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle safely.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0414** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0414)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106476D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1163H1)
3. **HB1163ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1163ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102268D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1163)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102268D `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** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106476D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106476D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1163H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block 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)
- **2024-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1163H1)
- **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 (HB1163ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1163ER)
- **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`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a72c6180-1089-45a7-a38a-22ea399a8bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).