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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Disabled veteran special license plate; transferral to surviving spouse."
+description: "Disabled veteran special license plate; survivingspouse. Authorizes a disabled veteran special license plate issuedto a disabled veteran to be transferred, upon his death, to his unremarriedsurviving spouse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 40"
+citation: "Virginia HB 40 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phillip A. Scott"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-12-30"
+last_action: "2022-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299638c9-c2bf-4434-9369-b326b545ab76"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB40"
+source_hash: "05171403c5c82852eab1f2e5a87130f8b20d0c08098739a786c08ddbafee0ef6"
+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 40 (2022) — Disabled veteran special license plate; transferral to surviving spouse.
+
+Disabled veteran special license plate; survivingspouse. Authorizes a disabled veteran special license plate issuedto a disabled veteran to be transferred, upon his death, to his unremarriedsurviving spouse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0020** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0020)
+2. **HB40ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB40ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101283D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB40)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phillip A. Scott — primary (person)
+- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
+- Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
+- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
+- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
+- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason S. Ballard — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
+- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101283D `introduction`
+- **2021-12-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB40)
+- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB40ER)
+- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
+- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 20 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/299638c9-c2bf-4434-9369-b326b545ab76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+