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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 210 (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).