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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "License plates, special; Virginia Realtors."
+description: "Updates the name of an occupational organization whose members may apply for a special license plate from \"Association of Realtors\" to \"Virginia Realtors.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 515"
+citation: "Virginia SB 515 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-09"
+last_action: "2018-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c6975a-24b1-49da-8404-6961984157ef"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB515"
+source_hash: "e1f2c1c6b748d697d4855b25cf33afaad968c4779cc59d3c1df0c41223fbe004"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 515 (2018) — License plates, special; Virginia Realtors.
+
+Updates the name of an occupational organization whose members may apply for a special license plate from "Association of Realtors" to "Virginia Realtors."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB515ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB515ER)
+2. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101963D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB515)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101963D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-01-29** Placed on Calendar
+- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-29** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
+- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58c6975a-24b1-49da-8404-6961984157ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+