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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 Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the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 HB 1324.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 6	Virginia SB 6 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bryce E. Reeves	3	31	8	2023-11-20	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/689e5127-e5b1-4951-b9bf-5a83628a90e7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB6	978bbdc236ed0172a921bce6cc116a577b7ae656034f16e5b782f0997d1e4581	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 6 (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 Provides that a person whose driver's license has been revoked for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated may file a petition for the issuance of a restricted driver's license without having to wait for the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 HB 1324. 

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0568 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100081D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB6ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (90-Y 5-N) — 89–5 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
• Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100081D filing, introduction
• 2023-11-20 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB6)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Amendment by Delegate Fowler agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2024-02-27 Passed House with amendment (90-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Passage (90-Y 5-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB6ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB6ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 568 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0568)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/689e5127-e5b1-4951-b9bf-5a83628a90e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).