---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver training schools; definitions, operation and licensure."
description: "An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1700, 46.2-1701, 46.2-1701.3, 46.2-1702 through 46.2-1705, and 46.2-1707 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1701.3:1, relating to driver training schools; operation and licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1836"
citation: "Virginia HB 1836 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Wiley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf387067-c232-41f6-8910-0e0480998f0a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1836"
source_hash: "cd15a32513ba28bcd7ac1c47e8149961ee0b39fc5ea88901bb1c78fccef83b55"
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 1836 (2025) — Driver training schools; definitions, operation and licensure.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-1700, 46.2-1701, 46.2-1701.3, 46.2-1702 through 46.2-1705, and 46.2-1707 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1701.3:1, relating to driver training schools; operation and licensure.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013195.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071178.PDF)
3. **Transportation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031251.PDF)
4. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1035320.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061143.PDF)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Wiley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102532D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1836)
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106005D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1836)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1836ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1836)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 79 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0079)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf387067-c232-41f6-8910-0e0480998f0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).