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| Bill | Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, and permits; validity periods for documents. | Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of driver's licenses, which, under current law, is a period not to exceed eight years or, for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years, and permits and special identification cards. The bill aligns requirements for eligibility for limited-duration commercial driver's licenses and permits and REAL ID-compliant limited-duration commercial driver's licenses with federal requirements and clarifies the validity periods for such documents. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, or permits upon renewal or reissuance. This bill is identical to HB 911. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 446 | Virginia SB 446 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 446 (2026) — Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, and permits; validity periods for documents.
Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of driver's licenses, which, under current law, is a period not to exceed eight years or, for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years, and permits and special identification cards. The bill aligns requirements for eligibility for limited-duration commercial driver's licenses and permits and REAL ID-compliant limited-duration commercial driver's licenses with federal requirements and clarifies the validity periods for such documents. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, or permits upon renewal or reissuance. This bill is identical to HB 911.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Department of Motor Vehicles Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — 15–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100871D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26106352D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Transportation Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB446)
- 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
substitution - 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26108957D-H1
substitution - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB446)
- 2026-03-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-11 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB446ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB446)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 705 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c62d35f-4187-4b62-b08f-df650500bf57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).