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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Driver's Manual course; computer-based mediums."
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description: "Provides that the course on the Virginia Driver's Manual required for certain persons who have failed the driver knowledge examination three times may be conducted in a classroom or through a secure computer-based medium, provided that the computer-based medium has acceptable security features designed to ensure that the certificate of completion is issued to the same person who took the course."
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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 2717"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2717 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-01-15"
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last_action: "2019-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/907e7b9b-0c64-4466-825d-2b3d2c05c962"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2717"
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source_hash: "070ae3577c5cd291574e9e0054142efbf4e429dbefdc9b2b9e58f5d6cce04a92"
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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 2717 (2019) — Virginia Driver's Manual course; computer-based mediums.
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Provides that the course on the Virginia Driver's Manual required for certain persons who have failed the driver knowledge examination three times may be conducted in a classroom or through a secure computer-based medium, provided that the computer-based medium has acceptable security features designed to ensure that the certificate of completion is issued to the same person who took the course.
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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 (CHAP0745)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0745)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2717)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2717ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105791D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717H1)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103725D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2717)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 19103725D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19105791D-H1
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- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2717H1
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- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (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/907e7b9b-0c64-4466-825d-2b3d2c05c962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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