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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1868"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1868 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3705e706-3b1f-4ed7-afcb-497604d00b5b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1868"
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source_hash: "eb67416a9b48ba02cff8afa6729dc2483c641e6fb4601b4492f6f5e76c95ece6"
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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 HB 1868 (2021) — Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0136)
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2. **HB1868ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1868ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102058D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1868)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph P. McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102058D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1868)
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- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1868ER)
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/21) `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/3705e706-3b1f-4ed7-afcb-497604d00b5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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