republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1504.md

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Bill	Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.	Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1504	Virginia HB 1504 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.	4	18	6	2016-12-19	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/e3306943-76b1-4738-87d8-715db348f7e6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1504	4b9bf58805f5f863c2cf53b250e11a9f68bb9eccc5169a87a1b871e43f7e5260	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1504 (2017) — Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.

Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1504ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103046D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17103046D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103046D introduction
• 2016-12-19 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 amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB1504E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17103046D-E
• 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 121 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3306943-76b1-4738-87d8-715db348f7e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).