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Bill	Special identification card without a photograph; fee, confidentiality, penalties.	Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a special identification card without a photograph to a person with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph who would otherwise meet the qualifications for a special identification card but also presents an approved and signed IRS Form 4029. The bill allows a special identification card without a photograph to be similar in size, shape, and design to a driver's license but requires (i) that it be clearly distinguishable from a driver's license, (ii) that it not include a photograph of its holder, and (iii) that it clearly state that (a) the card does not authorize the holder to operate a motor vehicle, (b) federal limits apply, and (c) the card is not valid identification to vote. The bill provides that giving false information, concealing a material fact, or otherwise committing a fraud in applying for a special identification card without a photograph is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and that obtaining a special identification card without a photograph for the purpose of committing any offense punishable as a felony constitutes a Class 4 felony. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is the result of a study conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2441	Virginia HB 2441 (2019)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Tony O. Wilt	7	31	10	2019-01-09	2019-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/ee0c7c38-94db-4959-a747-b901fcf0e8da	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2441	8cc8cb88bdc4460370c749f9116de3a7a92686ac5a6f344f0b9a2623a54fe385	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2441 (2019) — Special identification card without a photograph; fee, confidentiality, penalties.

Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a special identification card without a photograph to a person with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph who would otherwise meet the qualifications for a special identification card but also presents an approved and signed IRS Form 4029. The bill allows a special identification card without a photograph to be similar in size, shape, and design to a driver's license but requires (i) that it be clearly distinguishable from a driver's license, (ii) that it not include a photograph of its holder, and (iii) that it clearly state that (a) the card does not authorize the holder to operate a motor vehicle, (b) federal limits apply, and (c) the card is not valid identification to vote. The bill provides that giving false information, concealing a material fact, or otherwise committing a fraud in applying for a special identification card without a photograph is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and that obtaining a special identification card without a photograph for the purpose of committing any offense punishable as a felony constitutes a Class 4 felony. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is the result of a study conducted by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0832) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2441ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100181D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19100181D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2441ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 37–2 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Transportation — 9–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)
• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100181D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
• 2019-01-25 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2441E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19100181D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Rereferred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-15 Enrolled
• 2019-02-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-15 Signed by President
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
• 2019-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-05 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-04-03 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-04-03 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2019-04-03 Reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Reenrolled bill text (HB2441ER2)
• 2019-04-03 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Enacted, Chapter 832 (effective 7/1/19) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee0c7c38-94db-4959-a747-b901fcf0e8da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).