Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

82 lines
4.4 KiB
Markdown
Raw Permalink Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; examination of drivers believed incompetent."
description: "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pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1494"
citation: "Virginia HB 1494 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-15"
last_action: "2017-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5e7c8ee-ab05-4801-b621-b1bd90c2637b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1494"
source_hash: "c1a69a16f09b6e4153a8b5b97c4ce1d0f038ce9a3f9aa905ed389999b817698b"
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 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pursuant to an examination by a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and whose driver's license has been revoked if such person appeals the decision on the basis of medical evidence in the case.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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0120)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1494ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104633D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100328D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1494)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5e7c8ee-ab05-4801-b621-b1bd90c2637b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).