SB 1124 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Driver education programs; classroom training may be administered in-person or online.

Summary
Board of Education; driver education programs; computer-based driver education courses; requirements. Clarifies that the classroom training portion of the standardized program of driver education in the safe operation of motor vehicles, established by the Board of Education pursuant to applicable law, may be administered in-person or online, except in the case of the parent/student driver education component of the classroom training portion administered in Planning District 8, which pursuant to applicable law must be administered in person. The bill contains technical amendments.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Vetoed
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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What changed between versions

Education and Health Substitute Enrolled · 2 edits · Mar 10, 2025
MINOR
The bill has transitioned from a Senate substitute version to an enrolled version, indicating it has been fully approved by the General Assembly and is now law. No substantive policy changes, such as new requirements, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria, are present in this diff; the changes are strictly administrative, updating the bill's status and removing committee-related text.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'Senate Substitute' header, bill number, committee attribution, and patron name, as these are no longer relevant once the bill is enacted.

Added the 'Enrolled' header and official act language, confirming the bill has passed both chambers and is now part of the Virginia Acts of Assembly.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2025
D Democratic21
20 Yea 1
95% Yea
R Republican19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
Senate sustained Governor's veto
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1124ER)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (59-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jennifer Boysko
Jennifer Boysko
DDemocratic
VA
38