republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2051.md

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Bill	Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.	Revises the existing provision that a person loses his driver's license for six months when convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense to provide that the provision does not apply to deferred disposition of simple possession of marijuana. The exception applies only to adults; juveniles will still be subject to license suspension. The bill provides that a court retains the discretion to suspend or revoke the driver's license of a person placed on deferred disposition for simple possession of marijuana and must suspend or revoke for six months the driver's license of such person who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of the offense. The bill also requires that such a person whose driver's license is not suspended or revoked perform 50 hours of community service in addition to any community service ordered as part of the deferred disposition. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon written assurance from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a result of implementation of the bill. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2051	Virginia HB 2051 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Motor Vehicles Narcotics and Drugs	enacted	Les R. Adams	6	28	12	2017-01-10	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/e24b0bea-4400-4c2c-b9f3-63dd187d37d4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2051	25e3f23e0cf1b64fe58471e94347f26206d47e22e92a565d4e6b7991dc406887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2051 (2017) — Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.

Revises the existing provision that a person loses his driver's license for six months when convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense to provide that the provision does not apply to deferred disposition of simple possession of marijuana. The exception applies only to adults; juveniles will still be subject to license suspension. The bill provides that a court retains the discretion to suspend or revoke the driver's license of a person placed on deferred disposition for simple possession of marijuana and must suspend or revoke for six months the driver's license of such person who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of the offense. The bill also requires that such a person whose driver's license is not suspended or revoked perform 50 hours of community service in addition to any community service ordered as part of the deferred disposition. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon written assurance from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a result of implementation of the bill. 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 (CHAP0695) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2051ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104877D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Conference substitute printed 17105808D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101089D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105436D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute rejected by House 17105436D-S1 — 3–95 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)
• C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101089D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 17104877D-H1
• 2017-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2051H1
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-15 Committee substitute agreed to 17105436D-S1
• 2017-02-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2051S1
• 2017-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-17 Senate substitute rejected by House 17105436D-S1 (3-Y 95-N)
• 2017-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-22 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-24 Conference substitute printed 17105808D-H2
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e24b0bea-4400-4c2c-b9f3-63dd187d37d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).