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type: "Bill"
title: "Minors; issuance of original driver's licenses."
description: "Issuance of original driver's licenses to minors. Authorizes the chief juvenile and domestic relations district court judge to waive the ceremonial requirements for the issuance within the district of original driver's licenses to minors or order that the licensing ceremony be conducted in an alternative manner. This bill is identical to HB 1050."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 139"
citation: "Virginia SB 139 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-08"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aadcf29-db5b-4354-81e1-fcfa904fd362"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB139"
source_hash: "d5f16bc61cc9b4dbd73be64edb5e3f070bc7345bdd0d87cd898e1271716b5a60"
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 139 (2022) — Minors; issuance of original driver's licenses.
Issuance of original driver's licenses to minors. Authorizes the chief juvenile and domestic relations district court judge to waive the ceremonial requirements for the issuance within the district of original driver's licenses to minors or order that the licensing ceremony be conducted in an alternative manner. This bill is identical to HB 1050.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0636)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100581D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB139)
3. **SB139ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB139ER)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **040** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100581D `introduction`
- **2022-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-18** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-19** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB139)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-02-25** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2022-03-02** House insisted on amendment
- **2022-03-02** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-04** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-09** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-10** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB139ER)
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 636 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aadcf29-db5b-4354-81e1-fcfa904fd362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).