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| Bill | Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder. | Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder. Requires driver education programs to include information about voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder, including the driver communication improvement program, the driver's license indicator option, and the registration indicator option. The bill also directs the Board of Education to prepare, publish, and distribute instructional materials about these voluntary initiatives. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 309 | Virginia SB 309 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 309 (2026) — Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder.
Driver education programs; voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder. Requires driver education programs to include information about voluntary initiatives for drivers with autism spectrum disorder, including the driver communication improvement program, the driver's license indicator option, and the registration indicator option. The bill also directs the Board of Education to prepare, publish, and distribute instructional materials about these voluntary initiatives.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104693D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-30 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB309)
- 2026-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB309ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB309)
- 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 341 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0341)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be7740cf-fb8a-414f-83df-177c33fffefc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).