republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1918.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding."
description: "Student driver safety. Adopts measures aimedat improving student driver safety. The bill requires curriculumfor tenth grade health at public schools to include instruction onthe dangers of distracted driving and speeding, to be developed bythe Department of Education. Finally, the bill requires that a studentshow proof of a valid driver's license or driver privilege card before being issued a school parking pass at a public high school and thatschools use a common application for such parking passes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1918"
citation: "Virginia HB 1918 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martha M. Mugler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c263b2-f009-4b71-acd9-dcce68e5a789"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1918"
source_hash: "d324f425979cf978f41bf0902345f8bf56c26ef1e812c5c0cd3df2e2a55e4b9d"
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 1918 (2021) — Student driver safety; driver education program shall include dangers of speeding.

Student driver safety. Adopts measures aimedat improving student driver safety. The bill requires curriculumfor tenth grade health at public schools to include instruction onthe dangers of distracted driving and speeding, to be developed bythe Department of Education. Finally, the bill requires that a studentshow proof of a valid driver's license or driver privilege card before being issued a school parking pass at a public high school and thatschools use a common application for such parking passes.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0074** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0074)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103086D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1918H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 21200069D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1918S1)
4. **HB1918ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1918ER)
5. **HB1918S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1918S2)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102431D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1918)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N) — **2–95** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102431D `introduction`
- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1918)
- **2021-01-15** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee substitute printed 21103086D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1918H1)
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103086D-H1
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1918H1
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Committee substitute printed 21200069D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1918S1)
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Floor substitute printed 21200179D-S2 (Norment)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute rejected 21200069D-S1
- **2021-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-15** Substitute by Senator Norment agreed to 21200179D-S2
- **2021-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1918S2
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1918S2)
- **2021-02-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-17** Senate substitute rejected by House 21200179D-S2 (2-Y 96-N)
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 96-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- **2021-02-17** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200179D-S2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Adoption #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1918ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (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/35c263b2-f009-4b71-acd9-dcce68e5a789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).