republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-301.md

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Bill	Commercial driver's license examinations; requirements for third party testers.	Commercial driver's license examinations. 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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 301	Virginia SB 301 (2022)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	34	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/53498e49-d257-4519-b924-124602dd39c4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB301	d8bbff451e4e8e81435423e87b60f5a599e44042eb09a1485a5a12fe66d9d2bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 301 (2022) — Commercial driver's license examinations; requirements for third party testers.

Commercial driver's license examinations. 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.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0292 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105383D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106466D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 22104152D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB301ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 22104152D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB301)
• 2022-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Committee substitute printed 22105383D-S1 substitution
• 2022-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22105383D-S1
• 2022-02-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB301S1
• 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB301S1)
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22106466D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22106466D-H1
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB301H1
• 2022-03-01 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Title replaced 22106466D-H1
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB301ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 292 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53498e49-d257-4519-b924-124602dd39c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).