SB 918 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Driving under the influence; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated.

Summary
Driving under the influence. Provides that the provisions regarding driving or operating a motor vehicle, engine, or train while intoxicated and the provisions regarding operating a motor vehicle by a person under the age of 21 after illegally consuming alcohol shall not apply to any person driving or operating a motor vehicle on his residential property or his adjoining property.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Engrossed · 1 edit · Jan 23, 2025
MINOR
The bill was amended and reenacted with minor formatting changes and one substantive text modification. The primary change involves a formatting adjustment to the exemption clause regarding where the law applies, changing 'residential curtilage or his adjoining property' to 'residential [curtilage property] or his adjoining property' with bracketed text indicating a potential amendment or formatting note. No substantive policy changes, funding adjustments, or threshold modifications were made to the driving under the influence penalties or eligibility criteria.
Scope change
No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability to driving under the influence remains the same, though a formatting adjustment was made to the residential property exemption language.
TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustment to the residential property exemption language in § 18.2-266 and § 18.2-266.1, adding bracketed text around 'curtilage property' which may indicate a formatting correction or minor amendment.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 21, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Richard Stuart
Richard Stuart
RRepublican
VA
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