---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to Va. National Guard retirees."
description: "Special license plates; Virginia National Guardretirees. Removes the fee for the issuance of a special licenseplate for retired members of the Virginia National Guard. Currently,such special license plates cost the same as the prescribed costfor a typical Virginia license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1796"
citation: "Virginia HB 1796 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendell S. Walker"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e15ecaba-b564-49ed-8a29-5de28ea96564"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1796"
source_hash: "60e8dc7078564b57075da908430ff708b14165211bafd62874e5b8d513355410"
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 1796 (2021) — License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to Va. National Guard retirees.

Special license plates; Virginia National Guardretirees. Removes the fee for the issuance of a special licenseplate for retired members of the Virginia National Guard. Currently,such special license plates cost the same as the prescribed costfor a typical Virginia license plate.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0128)
2. **HB1796ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1796ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100745D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1796)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N) — **10–6** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (28-Y 9-N 1-A) — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (10-Y 3-N 1-A) — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendell S. Walker — primary (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- G. "John" Avoli — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100745D `introduction`
- **2021-01-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1796)
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (10-Y 3-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (28-Y 9-N 1-A) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1796ER)
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 128 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e15ecaba-b564-49ed-8a29-5de28ea96564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).