SENATE BILL NO. 720

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations

on February 4, 2026)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Marsden)

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-1702.1, relating to driver training schools; instructor identification license.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-1702.1 as follows:

§ 46.2-1702.1. Instructor identification; training involving the operation of a motor vehicle.

When conducting behind-the-wheel training or any other training in which a student of a driver training school is driving or operating a motor vehicle, the instructor conducting such training shall display, or cause to be displayed, the license authorizing him to act as a driving instructor issued pursuant to § 46.2-1701 in such motor vehicle in a location that is clearly visible to the student and in a holder approved by the Commissioner that may be removable. Such license shall be displayed for the duration of any such training.