republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-289.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Driver's license designation; traumatic brain injury.	Driver's license designation; traumatic braininjury. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon the requestof the applicant and presentation of a signed statement by a licensedphysician confirming the applicant's condition, to designate a traumaticbrain injury on the applicant's driver's license.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 289	Virginia SB 289 (2020)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	4	29	6	2020-01-03	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/1a314eb8-53c9-404f-97b8-801acbd1d3ee	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB289	cc2ab844ab43bb155d98fcbaaf53ec15f4c00e5945940f5f2650e14b9d438d18	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 289 (2020) — Driver's license designation; traumatic brain injury.

Driver's license designation; traumatic braininjury. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon the requestof the applicant and presentation of a signed statement by a licensedphysician confirming the applicant's condition, to designate a traumaticbrain injury on the applicant's driver's license.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB289ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB289E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB289) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102650D introduction
• 2020-01-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB289)
• 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-01-28 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-28 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB289E
• 2020-01-28 Printed as engrossed 20102650D-E
• 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB289E)
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB289ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by President
• 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 545 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a314eb8-53c9-404f-97b8-801acbd1d3ee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).