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type: "Bill"
title: "Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disable veteran."
description: "Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or reject a personal property tax exemption for a motor vehicle that is owned and used primarily by or for a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1268"
citation: "Virginia HB 1268 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5270a8f2-7280-4668-ab10-6db1a15ad1c6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1268"
source_hash: "fbaa95fa33303bafe6331eb012b183493c2fb2a98b96144619b103ed4d69aedd"
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 1268 (2020) — Constitutional amendment; personal property tax exemption for motor vehicle of a disable veteran.
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); personal property tax exemption; motor vehicle owned by a veteran who is disabled. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or reject a personal property tax exemption for a motor vehicle that is owned and used primarily by or for a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States or the Virginia National Guard who has a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0540)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1268ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1268ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1268)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1268)
## Votes
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) — **927** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) — **193** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102109D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1268)
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-18** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1268ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5270a8f2-7280-4668-ab10-6db1a15ad1c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).