---
type: "Bill"
title: "Toll invoices; mail."
description: "Toll invoices; mail. Authorizes the use of a trackable correspondence equivalent to certified mail for sending invoices for unpaid tolls to a vehicle owner prior to the Department of Motor Vehicles placing a registration stop on such vehicle due to unpaid tolls. Current law requires such invoices to be mailed by certified mail. This bill is identical to HB 1109."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Virginia SB 205 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J.D. \"Danny\" Diggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/283dea3a-3d50-4765-90c5-13d244c5d9bc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB205"
source_hash: "ac9eaf9e5335a78db2dd0934971f4022d72ba1f34729b81747fef6a9f6b7986c"
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 205 (2024) — Toll invoices; mail.

Toll invoices; mail. Authorizes the use of a trackable correspondence equivalent to certified mail for sending invoices for unpaid tolls to a vehicle owner prior to the Department of Motor Vehicles placing a registration stop on such vehicle due to unpaid tolls. Current law requires such invoices to be mailed by certified mail. This bill is identical to HB 1109.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0068** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0068)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102996D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB205)
3. **SB205ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB205ER)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102996D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB205)
- **2024-01-18** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB205ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB205ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 68 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0068)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/283dea3a-3d50-4765-90c5-13d244c5d9bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).