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type: "Bill"
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title: "Driver's license designation; traumatic brain injury."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 289"
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citation: "Virginia SB 289 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-03"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a314eb8-53c9-404f-97b8-801acbd1d3ee"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB289"
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source_hash: "cc2ab844ab43bb155d98fcbaaf53ec15f4c00e5945940f5f2650e14b9d438d18"
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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 289 (2020) — Driver's license designation; traumatic brain injury.
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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.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0545)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0545)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB289ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB289ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB289E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB289E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB289)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB289)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102650D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB289)
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- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB289E
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- **2020-01-28** Printed as engrossed 20102650D-E
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- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB289E)
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-11** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB289ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 545 (effective 7/1/20) `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/1a314eb8-53c9-404f-97b8-801acbd1d3ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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