republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1163.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Driver's license; standard for being denied or having license reviewed/revoked for medical reasons.	Department of Motor Vehicles; medical review. Changes the standard for being denied a driver's license or having a driver's license reviewed or revoked for medical reasons by removing language regarding the presence of a disability or disease and requiring the existence of an impairment that will prevent the driver from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle safely.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1163	Virginia HB 1163 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark D. Sickles	4	29	6	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a72c6180-1089-45a7-a38a-22ea399a8bc2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1163	552631982e0c0d11927a4f6f82550c698697c273848036c885133ccf2797eaf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1163 (2024) — Driver's license; standard for being denied or having license reviewed/revoked for medical reasons.

Department of Motor Vehicles; medical review. Changes the standard for being denied a driver's license or having a driver's license reviewed or revoked for medical reasons by removing language regarding the presence of a disability or disease and requiring the existence of an impairment that will prevent the driver from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle or drive a motor vehicle safely.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0414 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106476D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1163ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102268D (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
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102268D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106476D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106476D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1163H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1163H1)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1163ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1163ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a72c6180-1089-45a7-a38a-22ea399a8bc2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).