---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans; DMV shall offer information on services available to any person."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; information for veterans. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer information on veteran services available in the Commonwealth to any person who identifies himself as a veteran on a document submitted to the Department for the purpose of a driver or vehicle transaction. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 411"
citation: "Virginia HB 411 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a75c11e-c3a2-4082-9269-5ad71b6fb831"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB411"
source_hash: "060d7ac080fa12c131bed5503088c2faff5d39f654654684672ee92a20a2f014"
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 411 (2020) — Veterans; DMV shall offer information on services available to any person.

Department of Motor Vehicles; information for veterans. Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to offer information on veteran services available in the Commonwealth to any person who identifies himself as a veteran on a document submitted to the Department for the purpose of a driver or vehicle transaction. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0698)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0698)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB411ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB411ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB411)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB411)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB411H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB411H1)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100495D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB411)
- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Committee substitute printed 20106054D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB411H1)
- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 20106054D-H1
- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB411H1
- **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 (14-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 by for the day
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB411ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 698 (effective 1/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a75c11e-c3a2-4082-9269-5ad71b6fb831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).