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type: "Bill"
title: "Online Virginia Driver's Manual course; training school."
description: "Online Virginia Driver's Manual course; trainingschool. Removes the requirement that a driver training schoolproviding the Virginia Driver's Manual course online be a computer-based driver education provider, as defined in the Code of Virginia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1901"
citation: "Virginia HB 1901 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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/affd95b4-76c8-4e21-a9d4-8466abd3c65b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1901"
source_hash: "c31d8773de98a47a4cc56b4eb200418efe61f0cca7c07352a8b33c45a052dbe9"
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 1901 (2021) — Online Virginia Driver's Manual course; training school.
Online Virginia Driver's Manual course; trainingschool. Removes the requirement that a driver training schoolproviding the Virginia Driver's Manual course online be a computer-based driver education provider, as defined in the Code of Virginia.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0139** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0139)
2. **HB1901ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1901ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100811D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1901)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 1-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100811D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1901)
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **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)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1901ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (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/affd95b4-76c8-4e21-a9d4-8466abd3c65b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).