HB 1097 — Driver communication improvement program; drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, etc.
VA 20261 session
Driver communication improvement program for drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; education for law-enforcement officers and emergency medical services providers; educational materials for driver training schools. Requires law-enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers, as a condition of such providers' certification and recertification, to undergo education on the driver communication improvement program for drivers diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The bill directs the Department of Motor Vehicles to display information about the driver communication improvement program on its website and distribute educational materials to all driver training schools licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Disability Commission.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (7)
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — sponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (35)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no