State Sen. Jeremy S. McPike has introduced a bill aimed at updating eligibility standards and safeguarding personal information for driver’s licenses and identification cards, according to the Virginia State Senate.
The proposal, filed as SB446 on Jan. 14, 2026, during the 2026 regular session, is officially titled: “Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, and permits; validity periods for documents.”
The summary below draws directly from the bill language and provides interpretive clarification where helpful.
This legislation adjusts Virginia’s policies regarding limited-duration driver’s licenses, driver privilege cards, and identification privilege cards, concentrating on standardizing types of credentials and the periods for which they are valid. It defines who may receive REAL ID-compliant limited-duration documents, restricting issuance where federally authorized stays last fewer than 30 days. The bill establishes consistent expiration and renewal processes for driver and identification privilege cards, preserves existing fee waivers for homeless youth and older adults during document exchanges, and reinforces confidential handling of immigration and tax details, releasing such records only to the individual, designated representatives, or by court order.
Sponsors include Sen. Jeremy S. McPike (Democrat-29th District), Sen. Adam P. Ebbin (Democrat-39th District), and Sen. Jennifer B. Boysko (Democrat-38th District), with three additional supporters.
Since the session began, McPike has put forward 20 other pieces of legislation.
McPike earned a BA from George Mason University in 1997.
First elected to Virginia’s 29th Senate District in 2016, McPike, a Democrat, succeeded Charles Colgan in the Virginia State Senate.
In Virginia, bills may originate in the House of Delegates or the Senate and are routed to relevant committees for evaluation and potential changes. After committee approval, measures are debated and voted on in each chamber. Passage by both chambers sends a bill to the governor, who may sign, veto, or leave it unsigned to become law. The Virginia General Assembly holds annual regular sessions starting the second Monday in January. Hundreds of bills are introduced during each session, though only a select number advance to law.
| Patron(s) | Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy S. McPike, Adam P. Ebbin, Jennifer B. Boysko, Kannan Srinivasan, Saddam Azlan Salim, and Scott A. Surovell | SB446 | 01/14/2026 | Limited-duration licenses, driver privilege cards, and permits; validity periods for documents. |
| Jeremy S. McPike, Barbara A. Favola, Jennifer B. Boysko, Kannan Srinivasan, Russet Perry, and Saddam Azlan Salim | SB74 | 01/14/2026 | Affordable housing; local zoning ordinance authority. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Christie New Craig | SB122 | 01/14/2026 | School boards; student diabetes care & management in schools, division wide plan required. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Russet Perry | SB138 | 01/14/2026 | PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB139 | 01/14/2026 | Income tax, state; subtraction for long-term capital gains from sale of principal residence. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB140 | 01/14/2026 | Fire Programs, Department of; development of mental health awareness training. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB148 | 01/14/2026 | Income tax, state; subtraction for tax, military retirement benefits, uniformed services. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB149 | 01/14/2026 | State-facilitated IRA savings program; various changes to the program. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Bill DeSteph | SB164 | 01/14/2026 | Health insurance; ethics and fairness in carrier business practices, downcoded claims. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB165 | 01/14/2026 | Contracts; retainage bonds permitted in construction contracts, effective clause. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB166 | 01/14/2026 | Insurance; contingent deferred annuities, nonforfeiture benefits. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB170 | 01/14/2026 | Protection of employees; covenants not to compete, discharged employees. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB256 | 01/14/2026 | Appliance minimum energy and water conservation standards; requirement of manufacturers. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB321 | 01/14/2026 | Abandonment of highway; section of the secondary state highway system, local authority. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Jennifer D. Carroll Foy | SB324 | 01/14/2026 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; additional public works contract requirements. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB326 | 01/14/2026 | Virginia Public Procurement Act; cooperative procurement. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Kannan Srinivasan | SB371 | 01/14/2026 | Electric utilities; electric demand flexibility programs, high energy demand customers, report. |
| Jeremy S. McPike, Angelia Williams Graves, Jennifer D. Carroll Foy, Kannan Srinivasan, and Saddam Azlan Salim | SB388 | 01/14/2026 | Affordable housing; religious organizations and other nonprofit tax-exempt properties. |
| Jeremy S. McPike and Angelia Williams Graves | SB443 | 01/14/2026 | Siting of battery energy storage projects; commercial solar photovoltaic generation facilities. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB487 | 01/14/2026 | Electric cooperatives; authorized to establish and implement a virtual power plant program. |
| Jeremy S. McPike | SB591 | 01/14/2026 | Income tax, state; free tax filing program for individuals |
Information in this article was obtained from the Virginia State Senate. The source data can be found here.
