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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty."
description: "Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by (i) any person who he knows has no legal right to do so or (ii) a minor who he knows has no operator's license or who has a learner's permit but who he knows would operate such motor vehicle in violation of certain limitations on operating a motor vehicle with a learner's permit. The bill provides that any person who violates such provisions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if such violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes death or injury to any person, provided that such violation does not otherwise constitute a felony. Existing law prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by any person who the authorizing person knows (a) has had his operator's license or permit suspended or revoked or (b) has no operator's license or permit and has been previously convicted of driving without a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 750"
citation: "Virginia SB 750 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. \"Danny\" Diggs"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-12-04"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aff6d13-e5ad-4ac4-ae3b-4ec52704f4aa"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB750"
source_hash: "6a8588e15c60daa391eaf0031797d10a2c45b3f5271534e12ac19939903ecccb"
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 SB 750 (2025) — Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty.
Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by (i) any person who he knows has no legal right to do so or (ii) a minor who he knows has no operator's license or who has a learner's permit but who he knows would operate such motor vehicle in violation of certain limitations on operating a motor vehicle with a learner's permit. The bill provides that any person who violates such provisions is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if such violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes death or injury to any person, provided that such violation does not otherwise constitute a felony. Existing law prohibits any person from knowingly authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle by any person who the authorizing person knows (a) has had his operator's license or permit suspended or revoked or (b) has no operator's license or permit and has been previously convicted of driving without a license.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1011640.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074374.PDF)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067041.HTML)
4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1039695.PDF)
5. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047055.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069283.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 34-N) — **434** (fail) · upper
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N) — **915** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **200** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102958D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
- **2025-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Committee substitute printed 25106436D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-04** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Transportation with substitute and referred to Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Committee substitute printed 25107189D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Transportation Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 34-N)
- **2025-02-20** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2025-02-20** Senators: Marsden, Boysko, Diggs
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Delaney, Reid, Green
- **2025-02-21** Amended by conference committee
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 5-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB750ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB750)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0431)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aff6d13-e5ad-4ac4-ae3b-4ec52704f4aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).