republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1122.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Habitual offenders; repeals remaining provisions of Habitual Offender Act."
description: "Habitual offenders; repeal. Repeals the remaining provisions of the Habitual Offender Act. The bill also requires that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles reinstate a person's privilege to drive a motor vehicle that was suspended or revoked solely on the basis that such person was determined to be or adjudicated a habitual offender pursuant to the Habitual Offender Act. The bill also authorizes the Virginia Alcohol and Safety Action Program (VASAP) to continue to administer intervention for individuals who were ordered to attend an intervention interview on or before June 30, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1122"
citation: "Virginia SB 1122 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-22"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2de664b-b218-4507-b592-9f8f923051e6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1122"
source_hash: "3beabb507eb6a77c3e8384963a2da8778a5d3585e4c0429da3890e3617700719"
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 SB 1122 (2021) — Habitual offenders; repeals remaining provisions of Habitual Offender Act.

Habitual offenders; repeal. Repeals the remaining provisions of the Habitual Offender Act. The bill also requires that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles reinstate a person's privilege to drive a motor vehicle that was suspended or revoked solely on the basis that such person was determined to be or adjudicated a habitual offender pursuant to the Habitual Offender Act. The bill also authorizes the Virginia Alcohol and Safety Action Program (VASAP) to continue to administer intervention for individuals who were ordered to attend an intervention interview on or before June 30, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0463)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103177D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1122S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100838D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1122)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21103177D-ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1122ES1)
5. **SB1122ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1122ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100838D `introduction`
- **2020-12-22** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-18** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Committee substitute printed 21103177D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-20** Committee substitute agreed to 21103177D-S1
- **2021-01-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1122S1
- **2021-01-21** Passed by for the day
- **2021-01-22** Passed by for the day
- **2021-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-25** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-25** Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1122ES1
- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-25** Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2021-01-25** Printed as engrossed 21103177D-ES1
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB1122ES1)
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed House (79-Y 20-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Passage (79-Y 20-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1122ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (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/f2de664b-b218-4507-b592-9f8f923051e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).