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type: "Bill"
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title: "Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability."
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description: "Provides that any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry or any nurse practitioner, physician assistant, optometrist, physical therapist, or clinical psychologist who reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles the existence, or probable existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle that the reporting individual believes affects such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is not subject to civil liability or deemed to have violated the practitioner-patient privilege unless he has acted in bad faith or with malicious intent. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1514"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1514 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health", "Motor Vehicles", "Persons with Disabilities", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2016-12-21"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c531459a-22e5-497c-b71f-5fefb21a96f7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1514"
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source_hash: "7606de375bf9c7e5884cf7593599b0b5d41ea665d2845e0d7bdc105e104c1f1e"
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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 HB 1514 (2017) — Doctor of medicine, etc.; reporting disabilities of drivers to DMV, not subject to civil liability.
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Provides that any doctor of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, or podiatry or any nurse practitioner, physician assistant, optometrist, physical therapist, or clinical psychologist who reports to the Department of Motor Vehicles the existence, or probable existence, of a mental or physical disability or infirmity of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle that the reporting individual believes affects such person's ability to operate a motor vehicle safely is not subject to civil liability or deemed to have violated the practitioner-patient privilege unless he has acted in bad faith or with malicious intent. This bill is identical to
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0712)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0712)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1514ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104297D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103034D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1514)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **37–3** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **11–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103034D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-01** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 17104297D-H1
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- **2017-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1514H1
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- **2017-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Rereferred to Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 712 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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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/c531459a-22e5-497c-b71f-5fefb21a96f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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