---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; issuance to commemorate The Richmond Planet."
description: "Special license plates; THE RICHMOND PLANET.Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemoratingthe Richmond Planet newspaper bearing the legend THE RICHMOND PLANET."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "Virginia SB 753 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae33c0f-83e6-4f04-8472-6de3a2aacd00"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB753"
source_hash: "e319daf72607b260e8bfa5658301ee0a1bfdca004df106edf0b3863508952206"
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 753 (2022) — License plates, special; issuance to commemorate The Richmond Planet.

Special license plates; THE RICHMOND PLANET.Authorizes the issuance of special license plates commemoratingthe Richmond Planet newspaper bearing the legend THE RICHMOND PLANET.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0119** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0119)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104319D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB753)
3. **SB753ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB753ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104319D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB753)
- **2022-02-03** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB753ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 119 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae33c0f-83e6-4f04-8472-6de3a2aacd00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).