---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE, revenue-sharing provisions."
description: "Special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE; revenue-sharing provisions. Provides that the special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE will remain nonrevenue-sharing. Current law provides that such special license plate will become revenue-sharing on July 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "Virginia HB 160 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcus B. Simon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-23"
last_action: "2020-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f695f9-2577-4cc7-b4d7-cee547f30a19"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB160"
source_hash: "eabd21a3a9ef922c286f875252d83037479e8ef10ffab7d7fb7d67582e54eb6f"
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 160 (2020) — License plates, special; bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE, revenue-sharing provisions.

Special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE; revenue-sharing provisions. Provides that the special license plate bearing the legend STOP GUN VIOLENCE will remain nonrevenue-sharing. Current law provides that such special license plate will become revenue-sharing on July 1, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0426)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB160ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB160ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB160)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB160)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB160H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB160H1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N) — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101069D `introduction`
- **2019-12-23** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB160)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Floor substitute printed 20108090D-H1 (Simon)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Substitute by Delegate Simon withdrawn 20108090D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Pending question ordered
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB160H1)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB160ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 426 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17f695f9-2577-4cc7-b4d7-cee547f30a19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).