---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; issuance for women veterans."
description: "License plates, special; issuance for women veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2080"
citation: "Virginia HB 2080 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murphy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edbd4933-442d-40ad-b4bb-3b82f9bb9142"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2080"
source_hash: "72822290e7b9a1db77af4966e2715a6d448b1ad3bffdb2fdec973bf7cd1c451a"
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 2080 (2023) — License plates, special; issuance for women veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0240** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0240)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105095D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2080H1)
3. **HB2080ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2080ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101356D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2080)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Murphy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101356D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23105095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23105095D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2080H1 `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 (HB2080H1)
- **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 (HB2080ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2080ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 240 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0240)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edbd4933-442d-40ad-b4bb-3b82f9bb9142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).