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Bill	Learner's permits; use of personal communication devices, restrictions.	Learner's permits; use of personal communications device. Eliminates the provision prohibiting a holder of a learner's permit to operate a vehicle while using a wireless communication device. Such provision was specific only to the holder of a learner's permit. Under a different current law, all drivers, including those with a learner's permit, are prohibited from holding a personal communications device while operating a vehicle.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1335	Virginia SB 1335 (2021)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	5	35	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/8ee08182-e3ce-440e-98d4-3d7d975c3c21	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1335	1cc5843c1ddbb6466c00ded039e7fb8fea0c9b4a45825fcc0a44a8d619bfca62	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1335 (2021) — Learner's permits; use of personal communication devices, restrictions.

Learner's permits; use of personal communications device. Eliminates the provision prohibiting a holder of a learner's permit to operate a vehicle while using a wireless communication device. Such provision was specific only to the holder of a learner's permit. Under a different current law, all drivers, including those with a learner's permit, are prohibited from holding a personal communications device while operating a vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0381 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21200108D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100741D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1335ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1335S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
• Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100741D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1335)
• 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-26 Floor substitute printed 21103709D-S1 (Stuart)
• 2021-01-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-01-26 Substitute by Senator Stuart agreed to 21103709D-S1
• 2021-01-26 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB1335S1
• 2021-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB1335S1)
• 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
• 2021-02-09 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-18 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Committee substitute printed 21200108D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-23 Committee substitute agreed to 21200108D-H1
• 2021-02-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1335H1
• 2021-02-23 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-23 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-24 Title replaced 21200108D-H1
• 2021-03-09 Enrolled
• 2021-03-09 Signed by President
• 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
• 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 381 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ee08182-e3ce-440e-98d4-3d7d975c3c21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).