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| Bill | Refusal of tests; restricted license. | Refusal of tests; restricted license. Allows a person convicted of a first offense of unreasonable refusal to have samples of his breath or blood taken for chemical tests to determine the alcohol content of his blood to petition the court 30 days after conviction for a restricted driver's license. The court may, for good cause shown, grant such restricted license for the same purposes as allowed for restricted licenses granted after conviction of driving under the influence if the person installs an ignition interlock system on each motor vehicle owned by or registered to the person and enters into and successfully completes an alcohol safety action program. The bill provides that such restricted license shall not permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 34 | Virginia HB 34 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 34 (2020) — Refusal of tests; restricted license.
Refusal of tests; restricted license. Allows a person convicted of a first offense of unreasonable refusal to have samples of his breath or blood taken for chemical tests to determine the alcohol content of his blood to petition the court 30 days after conviction for a restricted driver's license. The court may, for good cause shown, grant such restricted license for the same purposes as allowed for restricted licenses granted after conviction of driving under the influence if the person installs an ignition interlock system on each motor vehicle owned by or registered to the person and enters into and successfully completes an alcohol safety action program. The bill provides that such restricted license shall not permit any person to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB34ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB34E (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB34E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N) — 4–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 6-N) — 13–6 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Joseph C. Lindsey — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100533D
introduction - 2019-11-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (4-Y 3-N)
- 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB34E
- 2020-02-05 Printed as engrossed 20100533D-E
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB34E)
- 2020-02-17 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-02-19 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 12-N)
passage - 2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-21 Senate amendments agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
- 2020-02-21 VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
- 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB34ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/757fa57d-0231-4cce-b461-8445820d2454. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).