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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vehicle registration; special communication needs indicator."
+description: "Vehicle registration; special communicationneeds indicator. Expands eligibility for a special communicationneeds indicator on a vehicle registration to vehicle owners whosevehicle is regularly occupied by an individual who has a disabilitythat can impair communication. Current law authorizes those vehicleowners who have a disability that can impair communication to applyfor such an indicator. The bill authorizes the removal of such indicatorby request in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1960"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1960 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4a7240b-6546-4965-9112-d78c2a6b744b"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1960"
+source_hash: "91bba71abe457a11bf6f629f84875ac41b46e66dde50ff8a5c0f46a19fefa7fd"
+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 1960 (2021) — Vehicle registration; special communication needs indicator.
+
+Vehicle registration; special communicationneeds indicator. Expands eligibility for a special communicationneeds indicator on a vehicle registration to vehicle owners whosevehicle is regularly occupied by an individual who has a disabilitythat can impair communication. Current law authorizes those vehicleowners who have a disability that can impair communication to applyfor such an indicator. The bill authorizes the removal of such indicatorby request in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0358** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0358)
+2. **HB1960ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1960ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101543D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1960)
+4. **Printed as engrossed 21101543D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1960E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
+- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101543D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1960)
+- **2021-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2021-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1960E
+- **2021-01-25** Printed as engrossed 21101543D-E
+- **2021-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1960E)
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1960ER)
+- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
+- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4a7240b-6546-4965-9112-d78c2a6b744b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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