---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal property tax; exemption for motor vehicle of a 100 percent disabled veteran."
description: "Personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle of a disabled veteran. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability shall be exempt from local taxes. This bill is the enabling legislation for a constitutional amendment ratified by the voters of the Commonwealth at the November 2020 general election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1130"
citation: "Virginia SB 1130 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-30"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bc1b299-e243-4923-ad1d-e22cc1334fca"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1130"
source_hash: "68ead70c2353cd8508955c3613dc6f9a05691c214eff554183427dca456ae866"
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 SB 1130 (2021) — Personal property tax; exemption for motor vehicle of a 100 percent disabled veteran.

Personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle of a disabled veteran. Provides that one motor vehicle of a veteran who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability shall be exempt from local taxes. This bill is the enabling legislation for a constitutional amendment ratified by the voters of the Commonwealth at the November 2020 general election.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0156** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0156)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200141D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1130H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102154D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1130)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102154D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1130E)
5. **SB1130ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1130ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Finance — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102154D `introduction`
- **2020-12-30** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** Impact statement from TAX (SB1130)
- **2021-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-01-21** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1130E
- **2021-01-21** Printed as engrossed 21102154D-E
- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from TAX (SB1130E)
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Finance
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200141D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 21200141D-H1
- **2021-02-18** Amendment by Delegate Watts agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1130H1
- **2021-02-18** Passed House with substitute with amendment (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Title replaced 21200141D-H1
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from TAX (SB1130ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 156 (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/0bc1b299-e243-4923-ad1d-e22cc1334fca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).