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type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial driver's licenses; disqualification for life from holding license, human trafficking."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1868"
citation: "Virginia HB 1868 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3705e706-3b1f-4ed7-afcb-497604d00b5b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1868"
source_hash: "eb67416a9b48ba02cff8afa6729dc2483c641e6fb4601b4492f6f5e76c95ece6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# 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.
1. **CHAP0136** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0136)
2. **HB1868ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1868ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102058D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1868)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N) — **110** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (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](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).