---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; supporters of NASA facilities in Virginia."
description: "License plates, special; supporters of NASA facilities in Virginia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1342"
citation: "Virginia HB 1342 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert S. Bloxom, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4cd1ad-31d2-4d9e-b2cd-765015b79320"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1342"
source_hash: "7b0460b30179ba2508534b1cb14ed5ce0e7090cc1c10eff1ecd6207d54b79d81"
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 1342 (2018) — License plates, special; supporters of NASA facilities in Virginia.

## Version chain

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

1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1342ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1342ER)
2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104217D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1342)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 18104217D `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** 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 156 (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/fd4cd1ad-31d2-4d9e-b2cd-765015b79320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).