republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1878.md

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Bill	Suspension of license; person legally adjudged incompetent.	Clarifies the roles of the courts and the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles with regard to persons previously legally adjudged incapacitated and not competent to drive or whose license has been suspended following discharge from a facility operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill provides that under all such circumstances, the Department reserves the right to examine any licensed driver, any person applying for a driver's license or renewal thereof, or any person whose license has been suspended or revoked to determine his fitness to drive a motor vehicle with safety to persons and property. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1878	Virginia HB 1878 (2017)	bill	Emergency Legislation Motor Vehicles	enacted	Brenda L. Pogge	4	19	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/4a32e1f3-5373-441d-ad80-dbc853339b32	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1878	43def41e633b72bfdf7963303e88a8279a639b305d49b633e410a091e45db43f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1878 (2017) — Suspension of license; person legally adjudged incompetent.

Clarifies the roles of the courts and the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles with regard to persons previously legally adjudged incapacitated and not competent to drive or whose license has been suspended following discharge from a facility operated or licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. The bill provides that under all such circumstances, the Department reserves the right to examine any licensed driver, any person applying for a driver's license or renewal thereof, or any person whose license has been suspended or revoked to determine his fitness to drive a motor vehicle with safety to persons and property. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1878ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104303D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102952D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102952D introduction
• 2017-01-10 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 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104303D-H1
• 2017-01-31 Emergency clause added
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1878H1
• 2017-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-02 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
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 156 (effective 2/23/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a32e1f3-5373-441d-ad80-dbc853339b32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).