Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB277
Legislation Overview
Title: DMV; applicants for driver's licenses, etc., to provide his race & ethnicity.
Subject: Motor Vehicles: Drivers' Licenses
Description: Department of Motor Vehicles; Virginia Community Policing Act; race and ethnicity data. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an applicant for an original driver's license, driver privilege card, special identification card with or without a photograph, and identification privilege card or the renewal or reissue of such license or card to provide his race and ethnicity. The bill prohibits displaying any such data in a readable form on a credential issued by the Department and requires such data to be encoded in the barcode on the back of such license or card. The bill prohibits the release of such data to any entity other than the Department of State Police to be used exclusively for the Virginia Community Policing Act Database. Department of Motor Vehicles; Virginia Community Policing Act; race and ethnicity data. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an applicant for an original driver's license, driver privilege card, special identification card with or without a photograph, and identification privilege card or the renewal or reissue of such license or card to provide his race and ethnicity. The bill prohibits displaying any such data in a readable form on a credential issued by the Department and requires such data to be encoded in the barcode on the back of such license or card. The bill prohibits the release of such data to any entity other than the Department of State Police to be used exclusively for the Virginia Community Policing Act Database.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Continued to 2023 in Transportation (11-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: February 3, 2022
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2022 | Continued to 2023 in Transportation (11-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104166D |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 11, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Continued to 2023 in Transportation (11-Y 0-N) | 02/3/2022 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
