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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reckless driving; improper driving as a lesser included offense."
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description: "Improper driving as a lesser included offense of reckless driving. Permits a jury to find an accused, where the degree of culpability is slight, not guilty of reckless driving but guilty of improper driving. Current law only permits the trial court to do so or the attorney for the Commonwealth to reduce a charge of reckless driving to improper driving at any time prior to the court's decision."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 847"
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citation: "Virginia SB 847 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer D. Carroll Foy"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-02"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5de5ccf6-acbe-4bd4-9c78-ee6c2415054f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB847"
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source_hash: "c422647aa3ce8d3fb4c7714a522a384c4f0eec0ff551a34f02b7fb7bb1565bdb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 847 (2025) — Reckless driving; improper driving as a lesser included offense.
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Improper driving as a lesser included offense of reckless driving. Permits a jury to find an accused, where the degree of culpability is slight, not guilty of reckless driving but guilty of improper driving. Current law only permits the trial court to do so or the attorney for the Commonwealth to reduce a charge of reckless driving to improper driving at any time prior to the court's decision.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013597.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072662.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1033547.HTML)
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4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1038528.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062176.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Rereferred from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101028D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Rereferred from Transportation to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25101028D-E
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Referred from Transportation and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB847ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 357 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0357)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5de5ccf6-acbe-4bd4-9c78-ee6c2415054f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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