republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1559.md

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Bill	Special identification cards; fee for issuance of duplicate or reissuance, expiration of cards.	Increases from $5 per renewal to $2 per year, with a $10 minimum fee, the fee for an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card and increases the maximum validity period from seven to eight years. The bill changes expiration dates from the last day of the month of birth of the applicant to the applicant's birthday at the end of the period of years for which a special identification card has been issued. The bill also sets the validity period to a maximum of five years for a special identification card issued to a person required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1559	Virginia HB 1559 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Paul E. Krizek	4	18	6	2016-12-29	2017-02-21	openstates	ocd-bill/a5baf2c7-320d-4950-9941-dd045138bfa3	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1559	c2aeec8e0d9274ad35080444b64e8386f5be5cc374357bfe4d81c971b35985f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1559 (2017) — Special identification cards; fee for issuance of duplicate or reissuance, expiration of cards.

Increases from $5 per renewal to $2 per year, with a $10 minimum fee, the fee for an original, duplicate, reissue, or renewal special identification card and increases the maximum validity period from seven to eight years. The bill changes expiration dates from the last day of the month of birth of the applicant to the applicant's birthday at the end of the period of years for which a special identification card has been issued. The bill also sets the validity period to a maximum of five years for a special identification card issued to a person required to register with the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1559ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104283D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102607D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 96–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-29 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102607D introduction
• 2016-12-29 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 17104283D-H1
• 2017-01-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1559H1
• 2017-01-25 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Enrolled
• 2017-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 122 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5baf2c7-320d-4950-9941-dd045138bfa3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).