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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial driver's license examinations; requirements for third party testers."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 301"
citation: "Virginia SB 301 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53498e49-d257-4519-b924-124602dd39c4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB301"
source_hash: "d8bbff451e4e8e81435423e87b60f5a599e44042eb09a1485a5a12fe66d9d2bb"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0292)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105383D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB301S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 22106466D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB301H1)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22104152D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB301)
5. **SB301ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB301ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53498e49-d257-4519-b924-124602dd39c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).