All Roll Calls
Yes: 73 • No: 29
VirginiaSB13022025 Regular SessionSenate
Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, etc.; expiration.
Sponsored By: Jeremy S. McPike (Democratic)
Failed
Summary
Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards; expiration. Extends the validity of limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards and permits, and identification privilege cards, other than REAL ID credentials, as defined in the bill, and commercial driver's licenses and permits, to a period of time consistent with the validity of (i) driver's licenses, which under current law is a period not to exceed eight years or for a person age 75 or older, a period not to exceed five years; (ii) permits, which under current law is the period of time until a driver's license is issued or the person is no longer eligible for such permit, a period of 12 months for motorcycle permits, or a period of the 60 days prior to the person's first behind-the-wheel exam for persons 25 years of age or older; and (iii) special identification cards, which under current law is a period between three and eight years, with exceptions, or for a person younger than the age of 15, until such person's sixteenth birthday, unless extended under certain circumstances for a period no longer than 90 days. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the extended validity periods for such documents upon reissuance.
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Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jeremy S. McPike
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/11/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting
Yes: 4 • No: 3 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 1/22/2025
Read third time and passed Senate
Yes: 21 • No: 19
Senate vote • 1/20/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading)
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 1/16/2025
Reported from Transportation
Yes: 8 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Left in Transportation
2/18/2025HouseSubcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
2/11/2025HouseAssigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
2/6/2025HouseRead first time
2/4/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
2/4/2025HousePlaced on Calendar
2/4/2025HouseRead third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
1/22/2025SenateFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1302)
1/21/2025SenateRead second time and engrossed
1/21/2025SenateConstitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
1/20/2025SenatePassed by for the day
1/20/2025SenateRules suspended
1/20/2025SenateReported from Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
1/16/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Transportation
1/9/2025SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101215D
1/9/2025Senate
Bill Text
Introduced
1/9/2025
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