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Bill Driver's license; examination of drivers believed incompetent. Requires the Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide guidance and recommendations to the Department regarding any case of a person determined to be incompetent pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1494 Virginia HB 1494 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1494 (2017) — Driver's license; examination of drivers believed incompetent.

Requires the Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles to provide guidance and recommendations to the Department regarding any case of a person determined to be incompetent pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1494ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104633D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100328D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Transportation — 120 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-15 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100328D introduction
  • 2016-12-15 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2017-01-13 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104633D-H1
  • 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1494H1
  • 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-15 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-17 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
  • 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
  • 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5e7c8ee-ab05-4801-b621-b1bd90c2637b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).