---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation network company partner; vehicle registration repeal."
description: "Removes the requirement that a transportation network company (TNC) partner register his personal vehicle for use as a TNC partner vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill allows the Department of State Police to recognize another state's annual motor vehicle safety inspection in lieu of a Virginia inspection and clarifies that a TNC partner can keep proof of inspection in or on the vehicle. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Virginia HB 2019 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Motor Vehicles", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ronald A. Villanueva"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b960fc-297f-4e57-b8a6-5c6250681e7b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2019"
source_hash: "dc94eb57b976f0aac7ac7b7eb874f2ba240e23077009d240410a4b4e364a76bb"
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 2019 (2017) — Transportation network company partner; vehicle registration repeal.

Removes the requirement that a transportation network company (TNC) partner register his personal vehicle for use as a TNC partner vehicle with the Department of Motor Vehicles. The bill allows the Department of State Police to recognize another state's annual motor vehicle safety inspection in lieu of a Virginia inspection and clarifies that a TNC partner can keep proof of inspection in or on the vehicle. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0694)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0694)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2019ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2019ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103824D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2019)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17103824D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2019E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House — **97–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ronald A. Villanueva — primary (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103824D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-26** Engrossed by House as amended HB2019E
- **2017-01-26** Printed as engrossed 17103824D-E
- **2017-01-27** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-13** Emergency clause added
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-15** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 694 (effective 3/24/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b960fc-297f-4e57-b8a6-5c6250681e7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).