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Bill	Commercial driver's licenses & learner's permits; definitions, training, drug & alcohol violations.	Commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits; definitions; commercial driver training; drug and alcohol violations. Conforms the definition of commercial motor vehicle to federal regulations, codifies the entry-level driver training system required by federal regulations, and removes contradictory provisions. The bill also prohibits the issuance or continued validity of commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits after a drug or alcohol violation by the applicant, licensee, or permittee. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 353.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 844	Virginia HB 844 (2024)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	4	29	6	2024-01-09	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d706ca16-b64f-43f4-ac1b-bccd15c0cb3c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB844	fea3ba85843b5e934971334861be97b14b42848c0a4611b9b37aab367c4f22f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 844 (2024) — Commercial driver's licenses & learner's permits; definitions, training, drug & alcohol violations.

Commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits; definitions; commercial driver training; drug and alcohol violations. Conforms the definition of commercial motor vehicle to federal regulations, codifies the entry-level driver training system required by federal regulations, and removes contradictory provisions. The bill also prohibits the issuance or continued validity of commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits after a drug or alcohol violation by the applicant, licensee, or permittee. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 353.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0107 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB844E (committee substitute) — source
3. HB844ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103111D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103111D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB844E
• 2024-01-30 Printed as engrossed 24103111D-E
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed bill reprinted 24103111D-E
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 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 (HB844ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB844ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 107 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0107)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d706ca16-b64f-43f4-ac1b-bccd15c0cb3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).