---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Ducks Unlimited, fees."
description: "Special license plates; DUCKS UNLIMITED. Authorizes the existing special license plates for supporters of Ducks Unlimited to become revenue-sharing special license plates. From each fee collected from registrations over 1,000, $15 shall be deposited into a special account to be paid annually to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., to support its wetlands and waterfowl habitat programs in Virginia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1229"
citation: "Virginia SB 1229 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01db2d20-e5d1-495b-adf1-f9ccd2b22be9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1229"
source_hash: "4f81d7809f1df13047a87b1b0405e434f27a941ec4f3a147eb6e1bc312f680c1"
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 1229 (2021) — License plates, special; issuance for supporters of Ducks Unlimited, fees.

Special license plates; DUCKS UNLIMITED. Authorizes the existing special license plates for supporters of Ducks Unlimited to become revenue-sharing special license plates. From each fee collected from registrations over 1,000, $15 shall be deposited into a special account to be paid annually to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., to support its wetlands and waterfowl habitat programs in Virginia.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0276)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103254D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1229S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100299D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1229)
4. **SB1229ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1229ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100299D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103254D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1229)
- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 21103254D-S1
- **2021-01-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1229S1
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1229S1)
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB1229ER)
- **2021-02-26** 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 276 (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/01db2d20-e5d1-495b-adf1-f9ccd2b22be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).