republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2229.md

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Bill	Electronic credentials; creates standards for DMV in issuing, reviewing, etc., report.	Creates standards for the Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing, reviewing, and displaying electronic credentials. The Electronic Credentials Act establishes fees for access to electronic credentials and standards for a verification system that would allow users to verify the authenticity of electronic credentials.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2229	Virginia HB 2229 (2017)	bill	Computer Services and Uses Motor Vehicles Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Ronald A. Villanueva	4	19	9	2017-01-11	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/a101c806-0997-41b9-98c5-24c56aaf9b1a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2229	8cef5b4b89fbb131560786ecbd23ab407238f44bf975abc33238fbf76414f2eb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2229 (2017) — Electronic credentials; creates standards for DMV in issuing, reviewing, etc., report.

Creates standards for the Department of Motor Vehicles in issuing, reviewing, and displaying electronic credentials. The Electronic Credentials Act establishes fees for access to electronic credentials and standards for a verification system that would allow users to verify the authenticity of electronic credentials.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0697) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2229ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102057D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17102057D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ronald A. Villanueva — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102057D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB2229E
• 2017-01-30 Printed as engrossed 17102057D-E
• 2017-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 697 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a101c806-0997-41b9-98c5-24c56aaf9b1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).