VA HB1549 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Vehicle operation; unlicensed minor; penalty. Provides that any person who knowingly authorizes the operation of a motor vehicle by a minor who such person knows has no operator's license or learner's permit or who has a learner's permit but who such person knows would operate such motor vehicle in violation of certain limitations on operating a motor vehicle with a learner's permit is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if such violation results in a motor vehicle accident that causes injury or death 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 (i) has had his operator's license or permit suspended or revoked or (ii) has no operator's license or permit and has been previously convicted of driving without a license, and any such violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Title
Vehicle operation; authorizing operation of motor vehicle by unlicensed minor, penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Chad Green [R] | Del. Scott Wyatt [R] | Del. Hyland Fowler [R] | Del. Thomas Garrett [R] |
| Del. Ian Lovejoy [R] | Del. David Owen [R] | Del. Wendell Walker [R] | Del. Wren Williams [R] |
| Sen. Danny Diggs [R] |
Roll Calls
2025-02-18 - Senate - Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) (Y: 95 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-31 - House - Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from Transportation and referred to Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-17 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-04 - House - Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) (Y: 95 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-31 - House - Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - Reported from Transportation and referred to Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-29 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-13 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1549) |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 2025-02-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-03 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-02-02 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Committee substitute printed 25106657D-H1 |
| 2025-01-31 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Reported from Transportation and referred to Courts of Justice (21-Y 1-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Courts of Justice (6-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Assigned Trans sub: Highway Safety and Policy |
| 2025-01-18 | House | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1549) |
| 2024-09-24 | House | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
| 2024-09-24 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100077D |
