republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-817.md

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Bill	Restricted driver's license; purposes.	Adds travel to and from a job interview to the list of purposes for the issuance of a restricted driver's license. The bill provides that a person issued a restricted driver's license for this purpose is required to maintain on his person written proof from the prospective employer of the date, time, and location of the job interview.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 817	Virginia SB 817 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Motor Vehicles	enacted	Scott A. Surovell	3	18	7	2016-11-02	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/f48a6cca-40c7-45ce-8e5d-d51503c49bcc	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB817	6d0715181e6d16ddef7e2be17b93690a81fb6ba91f51d07fbebfbc89651f870c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 817 (2017) — Restricted driver's license; purposes.

Adds travel to and from a job interview to the list of purposes for the issuance of a restricted driver's license. The bill provides that a person issued a restricted driver's license for this purpose is required to maintain on his person written proof from the prospective employer of the date, time, and location of the job interview.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100656D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100656D introduction
• 2016-11-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-22 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-22 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-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
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f48a6cca-40c7-45ce-8e5d-d51503c49bcc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).