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| Bill | Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic. | Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic. Clarifies that a court may order, for a first violation of texting and driving, the satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a conviction. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 686 | Virginia SB 686 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 686 (2026) — Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic.
Holding a handheld personal communications device while driving; driver improvement clinic. Clarifies that a court may order, for a first violation of texting and driving, the satisfactory completion of a driver improvement clinic in lieu of a conviction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100678D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 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 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB686)
- 2026-02-10 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Highway Safety and Policy
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-03-03 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-06 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-06 Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB686ER)
passage - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB686)
- 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 518 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0518)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ed8087c-a139-4a18-afaf-d801829843e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).