republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-78.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver education programs; parent/student driver education component."
description: "Board of Education; driver education programs; parent/student driver education. Requires the Board of Education to include an additional minimum 90-minute parent/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of its driver education program for all public school divisions and provides that participation in such component shall be required in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and shall be encouraged but shall not be required outside of Planning District 8. Under current law, participation in such parent/student driver education component is required in Planning District 8 and optional outside of Planning District 8. The bill also requires such parent/student driver education component to emphasize the dangers of distracted driving. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Virginia SB 78 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 62
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f53fae65-e15d-49f7-a451-fe087631b30b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB78"
source_hash: "a5a155449f97a1afa810821e85aa6112552b1881a245d658ce9f435e4b458667"
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 78 (2022) — Driver education programs; parent/student driver education component.

Board of Education; driver education programs; parent/student driver education. Requires the Board of Education to include an additional minimum 90-minute parent/student driver education component as part of the classroom portion of its driver education program for all public school divisions and provides that participation in such component shall be required in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) and shall be encouraged but shall not be required outside of Planning District 8. Under current law, participation in such parent/student driver education component is required in Planning District 8 and optional outside of Planning District 8. The bill also requires such parent/student driver education component to emphasize the dangers of distracted driving. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0708** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0708)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106913D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB78H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102604D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB78)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22102604D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB78E)
5. **SB78ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB78ER)
6. **SB78ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB78ER2)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 5-N) — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Defeated (46-Y 51-N) — **46–50** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 35-N) — **65–34** (pass) · lower
- House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–40** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102604D `introduction`
- **2022-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB78)
- **2022-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-01-24** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB78E
- **2022-01-24** Printed as engrossed 22102604D-E
- **2022-01-25** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Education with substitute (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Committee substitute printed 22106913D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB78H1)
- **2022-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22106913D-H1
- **2022-03-08** Defeated by House (46-Y 51-N)
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Defeated (46-Y 51-N)
- **2022-03-08** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
- **2022-03-08** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Amendments by Delegate Head agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB78H1
- **2022-03-09** Passed House with substitute with amendments (86-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 12-N)
- **2022-03-10** House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2022-03-10** House insisted on substitute with amendments
- **2022-03-10** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB78ER)
- **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 concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (65-Y 35-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 35-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (SB78ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 708 (effective 7/1/21) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f53fae65-e15d-49f7-a451-fe087631b30b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).