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legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1709.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Va. State Parks."
+description: "License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Va. State Parks."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1709"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1709 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-12-14"
+last_action: "2019-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa0028f4-2ef2-40e5-a0d8-14ea41329a9a"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1709"
+source_hash: "13fa81838a282e395cab79d5e9f12d9ff571b1ef52cc3fa7ae3f96ca598677a8"
+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 HB 1709 (2019) — License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Va. State Parks.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0070)
+2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1709ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1709ER)
+3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101139D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1709)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101139D `introduction`
+- **2018-12-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
+- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
+- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa0028f4-2ef2-40e5-a0d8-14ea41329a9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+