republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2119.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student driver education program; parent/student component exemption."
description: "Student driver education program; parent participation exemption. Exempts students who are (i) at least 18 years old,(ii) emancipated minors, or (iii) unaccompanied minors who are notin the physical custody of their parent or guardian from the requirementthat the student's parent participate in the parent/student componentof a school's driver education program. This parent/student componentis required in Planning District 8, where the component must be in-persontraining. In the other school divisions that choose to offer thisoptional parent/student component, the parent/student component maybe administered either in person or online."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2119"
citation: "Virginia HB 2119 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12525675-4552-4803-9ea7-e3ffed96dd8c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2119"
source_hash: "5e839686f71c64492a2a72839962660d6053607a77ef7824e190bc86ea86a71b"
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 2119 (2021) — Student driver education program; parent/student component exemption.

Student driver education program; parent participation exemption. Exempts students who are (i) at least 18 years old,(ii) emancipated minors, or (iii) unaccompanied minors who are notin the physical custody of their parent or guardian from the requirementthat the student's parent participate in the parent/student componentof a school's driver education program. This parent/student componentis required in Planning District 8, where the component must be in-persontraining. In the other school divisions that choose to offer thisoptional parent/student component, the parent/student component maybe administered either in person or online.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0028** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0028)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103479D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2119H1)
3. **HB2119ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2119ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101722D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2119)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101722D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2119)
- **2021-01-22** 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 21103479D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 21103479D-H1
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2119H1
- **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)
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2119H1)
- **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** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2119ER)
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- **2021-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 28 (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/12525675-4552-4803-9ea7-e3ffed96dd8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).