---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; issuance for persons awarded the United States Air Medal, etc."
description: "Special license plate; Air Medal. Creates a special license plate for persons awarded the Air Medal or for unremarried surviving spouses of such persons. An annual $10 fee, in addition to the prescribed cost of state license plates, will be charged for each set of such plates issued."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 211"
citation: "Virginia HB 211 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-12-27"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc93c12c-0b11-4dea-9655-72b3c22d6b97"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB211"
source_hash: "288bcd1afd6925e4ecc2976b687732d232d3bbaedaae4c13d970888786b53025"
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 211 (2020) — License plates, special; issuance for persons awarded the United States Air Medal, etc.

Special license plate; Air Medal. Creates a special license plate for persons awarded the Air Medal or for unremarried surviving spouses of such persons. An annual $10 fee, in addition to the prescribed cost of state license plates, will be charged for each set of such plates issued.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0970)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0970)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB211ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB211ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB211S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB211S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB211)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB211)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102690D `introduction`
- **2019-12-27** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB211)
- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Committee substitute printed 20108244D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20108244D-S1
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB211S1
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB211S1)
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108244D-S1 (92-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB211ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 970 (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/fc93c12c-0b11-4dea-9655-72b3c22d6b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).