---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; #TEAMTOMMIE."
description: "Special license plates; #TEAMTOMMIE. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof the Richmond Animal Care and Control Foundation bearing the legend#TEAMTOMMIE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Virginia HB 593 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7faaf8d-66f3-438a-af23-7d225515ae73"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB593"
source_hash: "3163445046ff4edb49edcb884b2addcc287e8351923a1154932f1e2f3305b485"
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 593 (2020) — License plates, special; #TEAMTOMMIE.

Special license plates; #TEAMTOMMIE. Authorizesthe issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supportersof the Richmond Animal Care and Control Foundation bearing the legend#TEAMTOMMIE.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0116)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0116)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB593ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB593ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB593)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB593)

## Votes

- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100743D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB593)
- **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`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB593ER)
- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 116 (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/f7faaf8d-66f3-438a-af23-7d225515ae73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).