republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1085.md

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Bill	Drivers' licenses, etc.; expiration and renewal of driver credentials.	Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to digitally verify the authenticity and validity of driver's licenses, learner's permits, and special identification cards for nongovernmental entities. The bill allows DMV to issue transaction receipts for expired vehicle registration renewals that will serve as evidence that the holder has complied with DMV payment requirements in order to allow those with expired registrations to renew such registration online. The bill allows DMV to extend the validity period for driver's licenses for persons absent from the Commonwealth during the expiration period of such licenses for good cause shown and payment of a fee.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1085	Virginia SB 1085 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Jennifer T. Wexton	3	19	7	2017-01-06	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/00f2c280-c27d-41dc-9eb6-78db7cbb5d51	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1085	6be83741baf71c45311a417f47f1c1db363fa12af09bc711e2b3512e58bbd38c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1085 (2017) — Drivers' licenses, etc.; expiration and renewal of driver credentials.

Allows the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to digitally verify the authenticity and validity of driver's licenses, learner's permits, and special identification cards for nongovernmental entities. The bill allows DMV to issue transaction receipts for expired vehicle registration renewals that will serve as evidence that the holder has complied with DMV payment requirements in order to allow those with expired registrations to renew such registration online. The bill allows DMV to extend the validity period for driver's licenses for persons absent from the Commonwealth during the expiration period of such licenses for good cause shown and payment of a fee.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1085ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101781D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 20–2 (pass) · legislature
• House amendments agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 4–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendments — 91–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jennifer T. Wexton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101781D introduction
• 2017-01-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-20 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-21 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-21 Passed House with amendments (91-Y 3-N) passage
• 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
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 547 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00f2c280-c27d-41dc-9eb6-78db7cbb5d51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).