Virginia Senate Bill 555 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Learner's permit holder; passenger limits; use of cell phone; licensure requirements for persons under 18. Prohibits a holder of a learner's permit from (i) using a cell phone while driving and (ii) having more than one passenger under age 21. Current law prohibits the holder of a provisional driver's license who is under the age of 19 from (a) having more than one passenger under age 21 unless a parent is present and (b) using a cellphone. The bill removes the exception that a provisional driver's license holder under age 18 may have more than one passenger under age 21 if a parent is present. The bill clarifies that the passenger limitations on all provisional driver's licenses do not include household or family members. The bill allows those who are at least 18 years old to be issued a driver's license after holding a learner's permit for 60 days instead of the current holding requirement of nine months for those under 19 years of age. The bill also requires only those driver's license applicants under 18 years of age to show proof of completion of a driver education program. Current law requires such proof of those under 19 years of age.

Learner's permit or provisional driver's license holder; completion of driver ed.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2016-03-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-25 - House - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0488)
2016-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 488 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-03-08		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-08	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/8/2016
2016-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-04	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-04	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB555ER)
2016-03-04	Senate	Enrolled
2016-03-02	Senate	Title replaced 16105780D-H1
2016-03-02	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2016-02-29	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB555H1
2016-02-29	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105780D-H1
2016-02-29	House	Read third time
2016-02-26	House	Read second time
2016-02-25	House	Committee substitute printed 16105780D-H1
2016-02-25	House	Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2016-02-12	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2
2016-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-02-05	House	Read first time
2016-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-02	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-01	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB555S1
2016-02-01	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16104689D-S1
2016-02-01	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-02-01	Senate	Read second time
2016-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2016-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16104689D-S1
2016-01-27	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2016-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102859D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	334.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	335	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB555
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB555+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB555S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB555H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB555ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0488+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S11V0030+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0135SB0555+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0158SB0555+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1902V0042+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H19V0217+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1029+SB0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0762SB0555+SB0555