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Bill Driving after forfeiture of license; guilty of certain offenses. Driving after forfeiture of license. Specifiesthat a person is guilty of an offense of driving or operating a motorvehicle (i) after his driver's license has been revoked for certainoffenses; (ii) in violation of the terms of a restricted license; (iii) without an ignition interlock system if one is required; or(iv) if the person's license had been restricted, suspended, or revokedfor certain driving under the influence offenses, with a blood alcoholcontent of 0.02 percent or more, only if such person was drivingor operating the motor vehicle on a highway, as defined in Title46.2, Motor Vehicles. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 798 Virginia SB 798 (2020)
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Virginia SB 798 (2020) — Driving after forfeiture of license; guilty of certain offenses.

Driving after forfeiture of license. Specifiesthat a person is guilty of an offense of driving or operating a motorvehicle (i) after his driver's license has been revoked for certainoffenses; (ii) in violation of the terms of a restricted license; (iii) without an ignition interlock system if one is required; or(iv) if the person's license had been restricted, suspended, or revokedfor certain driving under the influence offenses, with a blood alcoholcontent of 0.02 percent or more, only if such person was drivingor operating the motor vehicle on a highway, as defined in Title46.2, Motor Vehicles.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1019) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB798ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB798) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 3-N) — 113 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) — 364 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — 61 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N) — 6236 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N) — 113 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100954D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB798)
  • 2020-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N) passage
  • 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2020-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-03-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Passed House (63-Y 36-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 36-N)
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB798ER)
  • 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
  • 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1019 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83464fc3-f9da-4fa9-bbe5-7fd2fee6eb53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).