republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-750.md

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Bill	Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty.	Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by (i) any person who he knows has no legal right to do so or (ii) a minor who he knows has no operator's license or who has a learner's permit but who he knows would operate such motor vehicle in violation of certain limitations on operating a motor vehicle with a learner's permit. The bill provides that any person who violates such provisions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if such violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes death or injury to any person, provided that such violation does not otherwise constitute a felony. Existing law prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by any person who the authorizing person knows (a) has had his operator's license or permit suspended or revoked or (b) has no operator's license or permit and has been previously convicted of driving without a license.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 750	Virginia SB 750 (2025)	bill		enacted	J.D. "Danny" Diggs	6	49	13	2024-12-04	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/3aff6d13-e5ad-4ac4-ae3b-4ec52704f4aa	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB750	6a8588e15c60daa391eaf0031797d10a2c45b3f5271534e12ac19939903ecccb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 750 (2025) — Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty.

Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by (i) any person who he knows has no legal right to do so or (ii) a minor who he knows has no operator's license or who has a learner's permit but who he knows would operate such motor vehicle in violation of certain limitations on operating a motor vehicle with a learner's permit. The bill provides that any person who violates such provisions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if such violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes death or injury to any person, provided that such violation does not otherwise constitute a felony. Existing law prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by any person who the authorizing person knows (a) has had his operator's license or permit suspended or revoked or (b) has no operator's license or permit and has been previously convicted of driving without a license.

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. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 34-N) — 4–34 (fail) · upper
• Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N) — 91–5 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102958D filing, introduction
• 2024-12-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-01-16 Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
• 2025-02-03 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Committee substitute printed 25106436D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-04 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Reported from Transportation with substitute and referred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-11 Committee substitute printed 25107189D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-11 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
• 2025-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Transportation Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-19 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 34-N)
• 2025-02-20 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2025-02-20 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2025-02-20 Senators: Marsden, Boysko, Diggs
• 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
• 2025-02-20 Delegates: Delaney, Reid, Green
• 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
• 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB750ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3aff6d13-e5ad-4ac4-ae3b-4ec52704f4aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).