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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drivers' licenses, etc.; expiration and renewal of driver credentials."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 1085"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1085 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer T. Wexton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-06"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00f2c280-c27d-41dc-9eb6-78db7cbb5d51"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1085"
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source_hash: "6be83741baf71c45311a417f47f1c1db363fa12af09bc711e2b3512e58bbd38c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1085 (2017) — Drivers' licenses, etc.; expiration and renewal of driver credentials.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0547)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1085ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1085ER)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101781D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1085)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with amendments — **20–2** (pass) · legislature
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **4–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House with amendments — **91–3** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer T. Wexton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101781D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-20** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2017-02-21** Passed House with amendments (91-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 547 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00f2c280-c27d-41dc-9eb6-78db7cbb5d51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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