---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration; dismissal of summons for expiration, proof of compliance."
description: "Authorizes courts to dismiss a summons issued for expiration of vehicle registration if the defendant provides to the court proof of compliance with the law on or before the court date. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1712"
citation: "Virginia HB 1712 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts Not of Record", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/758daca4-973a-4a94-9f4f-1305b3e8c171"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1712"
source_hash: "9020362442646fc4b746f683ccf79d1a91346cf8bbcd384c91d9045448be38c5"
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 1712 (2019) — Vehicle registration; dismissal of summons for expiration, proof of compliance.

Authorizes courts to dismiss a summons issued for expiration of vehicle registration if the defendant provides to the court proof of compliance with the law on or before the court date. This bill is a recommendation of the Committee on District Courts. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0014)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1712ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1712ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101090D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1712)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101090D `introduction`
- **2018-12-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Enrolled
- **2019-02-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-05** Signed by President
- **2019-02-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
- **2019-02-06** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 14 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/758daca4-973a-4a94-9f4f-1305b3e8c171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).