---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dealer's license plate and special license plate combination; Commissioner of DMV may issue."
description: "Dealer's license plate and special license plate combination. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue, upon request of a licensed dealer and when and in the manner the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles determines is feasible, a license plate that is a combination of a special license plate and a dealer's license plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 595"
citation: "Virginia HB 595 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8915d8d2-a1e9-4b9c-a900-511b639d1d82"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB595"
source_hash: "c9fa30d4ee2f5c747853bd73454a6a7daf64b87f6cebbd8434c2addb8de38374"
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 595 (2020) — Dealer's license plate and special license plate combination; Commissioner of DMV may issue.

Dealer's license plate and special license plate combination. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue, upon request of a licensed dealer and when and in the manner the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles determines is feasible, a license plate that is a combination of a special license plate and a dealer's license plate.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0060)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0060)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB595ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB595ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB595E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB595E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB595)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB595)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101918D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB595)
- **2020-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-23** Reported from Transportation with amendment (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB595E
- **2020-01-28** Printed as engrossed 20101918D-E
- **2020-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB595E)
- **2020-01-29** VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-30** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB595ER)
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 60 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8915d8d2-a1e9-4b9c-a900-511b639d1d82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).