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Bill	Restricted driver's license; issuance for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated, etc.	Issuance of restricted driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the expiration of three years from the date of his last conviction, regardless of the date of such conviction, when such person's last conviction resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket. This bill is identical to SB 6.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1324	Virginia HB 1324 (2024)	bill		enacted	Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.	4	28	6	2024-01-11	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/bc6d2e35-e229-4feb-9973-5d158b1014e4	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1324	7d76032d204f4e0c363f937f501a93c8057ec588ac96320becd4344ee2c91056	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1324 (2024) — Restricted driver's license; issuance for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated, etc.

Issuance of restricted driver's license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; completion of specialty dockets. Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the expiration of three years from the date of his last conviction, regardless of the date of such conviction, when such person's last conviction resulted from a final order being entered by a court after the successful completion of a Veterans Treatment Court Program, behavioral health docket, or other specialty docket. This bill is identical to SB 6.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0552 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1324ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 24104145D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104145D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) — 86–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
• W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
• Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 24104145D introduction
• 2024-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1324)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB1324E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104145D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 11-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1324E)
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1324ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1324ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bc6d2e35-e229-4feb-9973-5d158b1014e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).