Senior Drivers Issues
Status: Failed - ASSEMBLY
Date of Last Action: 01/12/2007*
Author: Wasserman (D) Additional Authors: Nass (R);Jeskewitz (R);Albers (R);Risser (D);Newcomer (R);Hines (R);Seidel (D)
Summary: Relates to operators' license requirements for certain drivers and for certain drivers' tests, and makes an appropriation.
History:
01/12/2007 - INTRODUCED.
01/12/2007 - To...
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 357.
Date of Last Action: 03/27/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Ware R (R)
Summary: Relates to a reduction in vehicle insurance rates for certain persons attending motor vehicle crash prevention courses, provides for guidelines for crash prevention courses to focus specifically on the needs of drivers age 55 and older, allows...
Status: Failed - Tabled in Committee
Date of Last Action: 01/14/2009*
Author: Tata (R)
Summary: Allows persons at least 70 years old to exchange Virginia driver's licenses for special ID cards without having to submit birth certificates.
History:
12/31/2008 - PREFILED.
01/13/2009 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
01/14/2009 - INTRODUCED.
01/14/2009 - To HOUSE...
Status: Enacted - Acts of Assembly. Chapter No. 545.
Date of Last Action: 03/27/2009 - Enacted*
Author: Edwards (D)
Summary: Provides that certain motor vehicle crash prevention courses may be delivered via the Internet or other electronic means so long as they have been approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles, provides for a reduction in rates for certain...
Status: Enacted - Chaptered. Chapter No. 088
Date of Last Action: 03/14/2008 - Enacted*
Author: Christensen (R)
Summary: Modifies the Impaired Persons Licensing Act, provides that a person may notify the Driver License Division if the person is aware of a physical, mental, or emotional impairment of another person that is an imminent threat to driver safety and...
Status: Enacted - Filed with Secretary of State. Chapter No. 37
Date of Last Action: 05/08/2007 - Enacted*
Author: Branch (R)
Summary: Relates to issuance and renewal of a driver's license of an elderly person, relates to the period between issuance and expiration of both personal and commercial drivers licenses for persons over the age of 85.
History:
11/13/2006 -...
Status: Enacted - Public Law No. 2008-159
Date of Last Action: 07/01/2008 - Enacted*
Author: Lewiss (D)
Summary: Amends laws regarding operators and chauffeur licenses, raises the age in which a drivers' license must be issued biennially to age seventy-five, reduces renewal fees at age seventy- five.
History:
02/19/2008 - INTRODUCED.
02/19/2008 - To HOUSE Committee...
Status: Enacted - Public Law No. 2008-195
Date of Last Action: 07/02/2008 - Enacted*
Author: Doyle (D)
Summary: Raises the age in which a drivers' license must be issued biennially to age seventy-five, discounts renewal fees at age seventy-five, relates to operator and chauffeur's licenses.
History:
01/02/2008 - INTRODUCED.
01/02/2008 - To SENATE Committee on...
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/08/2007*
Author: Berger (R)
Summary: Requires persons 75 years of age or older to renew driver licenses every four years and to take driving test prior to renewal, prorates fees.
History:
02/08/2007 - INTRODUCED.
02/12/2007 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Failed - Adjourned - House Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/05/2009*
Author: Berger (R)
Summary: Requires persons 75 years of age or older to renew driver licenses every four years and to take driving test prior to renewal, prorates fees.
History:
02/05/2009 - INTRODUCED.
02/11/2009 - To HOUSE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
Status: Pending - House Insurance Committee
Date of Last Action: 04/29/2008*
Author: Stewart J (R)
Summary: Modifies the conditions under which an insurer must reduce automobile insurance premiums for persons over a specified age who complete a motor vehicle accident prevention course.
History:
04/29/2008 - INTRODUCED.
04/29/2008 - To HOUSE Committee on RULES AND...
Status: Pending - Assembly Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/19/2009*
Author: Hayes (R)
Summary: Provides that a person 70 years of age or older shall be permitted to apply for a drivers license with a 2 year period of validity, and that the fee for such license shall be based on the 2 year period.
History:
02/19/2009 - INTRODUCED.
02/19/2009 - To...
Status: Pending - Senate Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 04/25/2007*
Author: Morahan (R)
Summary: Provides that persons sixty-five years of age or older shall have the choice of registering their motor vehicle or renewing such registration for a period of one year or two years.
History:
04/25/2007 - INTRODUCED.
04/25/2007 - To SENATE Committee on...
Status: Pending - Senate Insurance Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/08/2007*
Author: Stavisky (D)
Summary: Prohibits insurer from increasing auto insurance premiums upon renewal for persons 60 years of age or over based solely on the ground of the insurer's age.
History:
02/08/2007 - INTRODUCED.
02/08/2007 - To SENATE Committee on INSURANCE.
Status: Pending - Senate Transportation Committee
Date of Last Action: 02/09/2009*
Author: Klein (D)
Summary: Provides that persons sixty-five years of age or over shall receive a fifty percent discount off the fee required to be paid for a standard driver's license.
History:
02/09/2009 - INTRODUCED.
02/09/2009 - To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
