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type: "Bill"
title: "Commercial driver's licenses; Secretary of Transportation, et al., to implement various initiatives."
description: "Secretary of Transportation; commercial driver's licenses. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation and working with various agencies of the Commonwealth, to promote and implement various initiatives related to commercial driver's licenses. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 553"
citation: "Virginia HB 553 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c1e5fe8-64cb-4013-bfde-a9dc6598a6da"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB553"
source_hash: "f90eb825a3487e5a53f08381cf6280378a380e8edcf13f076d93bd69e1aca961"
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 553 (2022) — Commercial driver's licenses; Secretary of Transportation, et al., to implement various initiatives.
Secretary of Transportation; commercial driver's licenses. Directs the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation and working with various agencies of the Commonwealth, to promote and implement various initiatives related to commercial driver's licenses. The bill sunsets on July 1, 2023.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0142)
2. **HB553ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB553ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101597D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB553)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22101597D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB553E)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N) — **60** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
- T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Wampler III — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101597D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB553)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB553E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101597D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB553E)
- **2022-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB553ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c1e5fe8-64cb-4013-bfde-a9dc6598a6da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).