republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-345.md

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Bill	Driver's license or identification card; indication of blood type to be noted on license or card.	Department of Motor Vehicles documents; blood type. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a method by which an applicant for a driver's license or identification card may indicate his blood type to be noted on his license or card for the purpose of providing emergency medical support by emergency medical services agencies. The bill prohibits the disclosure of such data and provides that the Department is not liable for the accuracy of such data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 345	Virginia SB 345 (2022)	bill		enacted	George L. Barker	4	38	9	2022-01-11	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d1ad33ea-3089-45c1-967b-3a8613712e76	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB345	60c966f31719b710e2843e113e89ceecc047025f33c54dbee966025134424aa6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 345 (2022) — Driver's license or identification card; indication of blood type to be noted on license or card.

Department of Motor Vehicles documents; blood type. Directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a method by which an applicant for a driver's license or identification card may indicate his blood type to be noted on his license or card for the purpose of providing emergency medical support by emergency medical services agencies. The bill prohibits the disclosure of such data and provides that the Department is not liable for the accuracy of such data. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0796 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106157D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102694D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB345ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N) — 71–26 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N) — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102694D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB345)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106157D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22106157D-S1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB345S1
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Transportation (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB345S1)
• 2022-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Passed House (71-Y 27-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Passage (71-Y 27-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB345ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2022-04-27 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
• 2022-04-27 Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
• 2022-04-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
• 2022-05-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/23) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1ad33ea-3089-45c1-967b-3a8613712e76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).