republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-353.md

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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 HB 844.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 353	Virginia SB 353 (2024)	bill		enacted	Timmy F. French	4	28	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/809fe39b-4d3c-420f-958f-d2c66950a5a5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB353	fb8f3811c0dd4903cb5fe97001634f40a70970696fa9a27f208fc1542f318ac2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 353 (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 HB 844.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0121 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103113D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24103113D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB353ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Timmy F. French — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103113D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-23 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-01-23 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB353E
• 2024-01-23 Printed as engrossed 24103113D-E
• 2024-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB353ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB353ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0121)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/809fe39b-4d3c-420f-958f-d2c66950a5a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).