HJ200
Driver's license; six-month suspension upon drug offense conviction.
Summary
As Introduced. Opposing federal requirement of a law mandating a six-month driver's license suspension upon conviction of a drug offense.
Expresses the opposition of the General Assembly to the enactment or enforcement of a law requiring a six-month revocation or suspension of a person's driver's license upon conviction of a drug offense. Absent a resolution from the General Assembly expressing such opposition, the failure to enforce such a law results ... (More) in the withholding of certain federal highway funding by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation from the Commonwealth. Currently, such a law is codified in §§ 18.2-259.1 and 46.2-390.1. (Less)-
Bill History
- 02/07/2020 - House: Introduced at the request of Governor
- 02/07/2020 - House: Presented and ordered printed 20107902D
- 02/07/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/07/2020 - House: Reported from Rules (12-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2020 - House: Taken up
- 02/10/2020 - House: Engrossed by House
- 02/10/2020 - House: Agreed to by House (55-Y 40-N)
- 02/10/2020 - House: VOTE: Agree To (55-Y 40-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading waived
- 02/11/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/21/2020 - Senate: Reported from Rules
- 02/24/2020 - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
- 02/25/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ200ER)
