---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; military service, unremarried surviving spouses."
description: "License plates, special; military service, unremarried surviving spouses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2246"
citation: "Virginia HB 2246 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordoza"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd27ebe3-0ee6-43cb-bf97-67a09a66673b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2246"
source_hash: "4e82ff18fec0990b284fc85644b9bcf9c888c2d3e38c162d76565b6b4e203259"
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 2246 (2023) — License plates, special; military service, unremarried surviving spouses.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0539)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104692D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2246H1)
3. **HB2246ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2246ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101344D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2246)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cordoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101344D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23104692D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Incorporates HB1868 (Phillip Scott)
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23104692D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2246H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2246H1)
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2246ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2246ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0539)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd27ebe3-0ee6-43cb-bf97-67a09a66673b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).