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type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses."
description: "Driver's license suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses. Removes the existing provisions that allow a person's driver's license to be suspended (i) when he is convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense, (ii) for non-payment of certain fees owed to a local correctional facility or regional jail, and (iii) for shoplifting motor fuel. This bill is identical to SB 513."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 909"
citation: "Virginia HB 909 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/675ff7e2-af57-4fb4-b2d2-4b58a5a424e0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB909"
source_hash: "8408ffd75ecd3e1e7f60e61b0a7520a1fd5de07a375758496328beea004ffe48"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 909 (2020) — Driver's license; suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses.
Driver's license suspensions for certain non-driving related offenses. Removes the existing provisions that allow a person's driver's license to be suspended (i) when he is convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense, (ii) for non-payment of certain fees owed to a local correctional facility or regional jail, and (iii) for shoplifting motor fuel. This bill is identical to SB 513.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0740)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0740)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB909ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB909ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB909E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB909E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB909)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB909)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **346** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 5-N) — **145** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) — **132** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) — **53** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) — **6335** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102919D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB909)
- **2020-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (14-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-07** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-10** Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House as amended HB909E
- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20102919D-E
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB909E)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB909ER)
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 740 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/675ff7e2-af57-4fb4-b2d2-4b58a5a424e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).