republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2116.md

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Bill	Driver's licenses and identification cards; indication of non-apparent disability.	Driver's licenses and identification cards; indication of non-apparent disability. Adds non-apparent disabilities, defined in the bill, to the list of conditions that the Department of Motor Vehicles, when requested by an applicant and upon presentation of a signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant's condition, is required to indicate on such applicant's driver's license. Such requirement is also extended to identification cards. Such an indication on a person's driver's license allows for the voluntary indication of a disability that can impair communication on a motor vehicle registration.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2116	Virginia HB 2116 (2025)	bill		enacted	Karen Keys-Gamarra	5	32	6	2025-01-07	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/06d2cb29-c5d2-4c85-8581-0e54427f4de5	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2116	b059298b2a099629b8f19709cb26c1efe2def07de218c5d493211ed4ebe940b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2116 (2025) — Driver's licenses and identification cards; indication of non-apparent disability.

Driver's licenses and identification cards; indication of non-apparent disability. Adds non-apparent disabilities, defined in the bill, to the list of conditions that the Department of Motor Vehicles, when requested by an applicant and upon presentation of a signed statement by a licensed physician confirming the applicant's condition, is required to indicate on such applicant's driver's license. Such requirement is also extended to identification cards. Such an indication on a person's driver's license allows for the voluntary indication of a disability that can impair communication on a motor vehicle registration.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. HTRAN Sub: Department of Motor Vehicles Amendments (committee substitute) — source
4. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104519D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2116)
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-23 Committee substitute printed 25105610D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2025-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Transportation Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-10 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-10 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-12 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2116)
• 2025-02-17 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-17 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2116ER) passage
• 2025-02-17 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2116)
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/06d2cb29-c5d2-4c85-8581-0e54427f4de5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).