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| Bill | Driver's license; scanning information. | Scanning information from driver's license. Allows a merchant to scan the machine-readable zone of an individual's Department of Motor Vehicles-issued identification card or driver's license in order to verify authenticity of the identification card or driver's license or to verify the identity of the individual when the individual requests a service pursuant to a membership or a service agreement. Currently, a merchant is allowed to conduct such a scan for identity verification purposes if the individual pays for goods or services with a method other than cash, returns an item, or requests a refund or an exchange. The measure also allows a merchant to retain information obtained from the machine-readable zone of the identification card or driver's license for such a verification purpose. However, the merchant must destroy the retained information when the purpose for which it was provided and retained has been satisfied. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 101 | Virginia SB 101 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 101 (2020) — Driver's license; scanning information.
Scanning information from driver's license. Allows a merchant to scan the machine-readable zone of an individual's Department of Motor Vehicles-issued identification card or driver's license in order to verify authenticity of the identification card or driver's license or to verify the identity of the individual when the individual requests a service pursuant to a membership or a service agreement. Currently, a merchant is allowed to conduct such a scan for identity verification purposes if the individual pays for goods or services with a method other than cash, returns an item, or requests a refund or an exchange. The measure also allows a merchant to retain information obtained from the machine-readable zone of the identification card or driver's license for such a verification purpose. However, the merchant must destroy the retained information when the purpose for which it was provided and retained has been satisfied.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0542) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB101ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate as amended SB101E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB101) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — 80–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-12-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100237D
introduction - 2019-12-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB101)
- 2020-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-23 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-01-23 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB101E
- 2020-01-23 Printed as engrossed 20100237D-E
- 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB101E)
- 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2020-02-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-28 Passed House (81-Y 18-N)
passage - 2020-02-28 VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- 2020-03-05 Enrolled
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB101ER)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 542 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f015f663-5b90-46c2-805c-eb69b1e80183. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).