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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commercial driver's licenses; military service members."
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description: "Commercial driver's licenses; military service members."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2551"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2551 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Armed Forces", "Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert M. \"Bob\" Thomas, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-02-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8881109-4654-4df5-aa41-45ff4632ab69"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2551"
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source_hash: "b05e6d18870fe2274d7547c64af0b11ad785aa614f971a7fdc14e38501758caa"
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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 2551 (2019) — Commercial driver's licenses; military service members.
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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 (CHAP0161)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0161)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2551ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2551ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103408D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2551)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103408D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
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- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-02-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/19) `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/a8881109-4654-4df5-aa41-45ff4632ab69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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