Driver's license; suspension for nonpayment of fines or costs. (SB181)
Introduced By
Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta) with support from co-patron Sen. Mamie Locke (D-Hampton)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Suspension of driver's license for nonpayment of fines or costs. Repeals the requirement that the driver's license of a person convicted of any violation of the law who fails or refuses to provide for immediate payment of fines or costs be suspended. The bill provides that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall return or reinstate any person's driver's license that was suspended prior to July 1, 2018, solely for nonpayment of fines or costs, provided that such person has paid the applicable reinstatement fee. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act. This bill incorporates SB 148. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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12/28/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101254D |
12/28/2017 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/17/2018 | Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/17/2018 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
01/24/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
01/24/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105986D-S1 |
01/24/2018 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/24/2018 | Incorporates SB148 (Edwards) |
01/30/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB181) |
02/02/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB181) |
02/06/2018 | Reported from Finance with amendments (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2018 | Read second time |
02/08/2018 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/08/2018 | Committee substitute agreed to 18105986D-S1 |
02/08/2018 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/08/2018 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/08/2018 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/08/2018 | Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to |
02/08/2018 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB181ES1 |
02/08/2018 | Printed as engrossed 18105986D-ES1 |
02/09/2018 | Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2018 | Placed on Calendar |
02/14/2018 | Read first time |
02/14/2018 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/21/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB181ES1) |
03/01/2018 | Assigned App. sub: Transportation |
03/02/2018 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2019 |
03/06/2018 | Left in Appropriations |
Comments
The ACLU of VA strongly supports repealing laws that suspends a person's driver's license for any reason unrelated to bad driving. These provisions in the law disproportionately affect lower-income drivers and do nothing to improve road safety. Police have also used Driver's License checkpoints to target minorities and immigrant communities around the Commonwealth, further increasing the disparity of how these provisions in the law are enforced.