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| Bill | Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking. | Commercial driver's licenses. Disqualifiesfor life from holding a commercial driver's license persons convictedof a felony involving an act or practice of severe forms of traffickingin persons while driving a commercial motor vehicle. The bill prohibitsthe Department of Motor Vehicles and every district court or circuitcourt or the clerk thereof from reducing, dismissing, deferring,or otherwise concealing a conviction of any offense committed whileoperating a commercial motor vehicle or of any holder of a commercialdriver's license or permit charged with any offense committed whileoperating a noncommercial motor vehicle and requires the Departmentand the courts to comply with federal laws and regulations regardingsuch convictions. The bill also authorizes Class A driver trainingschools to administer the commercial driver's license knowledge examinations. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1868 | Virginia HB 1868 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1868 (2021) — Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking.
Commercial driver's licenses. Disqualifiesfor life from holding a commercial driver's license persons convictedof a felony involving an act or practice of severe forms of traffickingin persons while driving a commercial motor vehicle. The bill prohibitsthe Department of Motor Vehicles and every district court or circuitcourt or the clerk thereof from reducing, dismissing, deferring,or otherwise concealing a conviction of any offense committed whileoperating a commercial motor vehicle or of any holder of a commercialdriver's license or permit charged with any offense committed whileoperating a noncommercial motor vehicle and requires the Departmentand the courts to comply with federal laws and regulations regardingsuch convictions. The bill also authorizes Class A driver trainingschools to administer the commercial driver's license knowledge examinations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0136 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1868ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102058D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102058D
introduction - 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-01-12 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1868)
- 2021-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-18 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-26 Enrolled
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-27 Signed by President
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1868ER)
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3705e706-3b1f-4ed7-afcb-497604d00b5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).