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| Bill | Driver training; governmental entities authorized to test/train drivers employed by another entity. | Driver training. Authorizes governmental entities, including comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System, certified as third party testers to test and train drivers employed by another governmental entity or enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by a community college. The bill repeals the prohibition on applicants 18 years of age and older retaking skills tests within 15 days. Current law authorizes such reexamination upon payment of a $2 fee. The bill makes immediate instead of contingent on federal regulations the repeal of certain provisions requiring an applicant to, after failing the behind the wheel examination for a third time, take a course prior to reexamination. The bill clarifies that no law or regulation safeguarding driver testing information shall be construed to prohibit (i) the possession, use, or provision of the Department of Motor Vehicles' driver's license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the Department from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 530 | Virginia HB 530 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 530 (2022) — Driver training; governmental entities authorized to test/train drivers employed by another entity.
Driver training. Authorizes governmental entities, including comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System, certified as third party testers to test and train drivers employed by another governmental entity or enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by a community college. The bill repeals the prohibition on applicants 18 years of age and older retaking skills tests within 15 days. Current law authorizes such reexamination upon payment of a $2 fee. The bill makes immediate instead of contingent on federal regulations the repeal of certain provisions requiring an applicant to, after failing the behind the wheel examination for a third time, take a course prior to reexamination. The bill clarifies that no law or regulation safeguarding driver testing information shall be construed to prohibit (i) the possession, use, or provision of the Department of Motor Vehicles' driver's license examination questions by or to any person for the purpose of administering a knowledge examination or (ii) the Department from making sample examination questions available to the public or the public from possessing sample examination questions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0139 (committee substitute) — source
- HB530ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100956D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 22100956D-E (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100956D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2022-01-19 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB530)
- 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-08 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-08 Engrossed by House as amended HB530E
- 2022-02-08 Printed as engrossed 22100956D-E
- 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2022-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB530E)
- 2022-02-17 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-17 Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-22 Reading of amendments waived
- 2022-02-22 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2022-02-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2022-02-22 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-24 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-24 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-28 Enrolled
- 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-28 Signed by President
- 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB530ER)
- 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae73043b-ff0d-49bb-991f-06387e5d7f81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).