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| Bill | People with disabilities that can impair communication; vehicle registration. | Voluntary Registry for People with Special Communication Needs; vehicle registration. Directs the Department of MotorVehicles to include on the application for registration of a motorvehicle an option for the owner to indicate and provide evidence thathe or a member of his immediate family has a disability that canimpair communication. The bill directs the Superintendent of StatePolice to keep and maintain the Voluntary Registry for People withSpecial Communication Needs (the Registry). The bill provides thatthe Department of State Police shall make the Registry informationavailable to law-enforcement agencies through the Virginia CriminalInformation Network (VCIN) and ensure that any search of motor vehicleinformation includes an indication that the registered owner or amember of his immediate family is included in the Registry. The billexempts any information provided on such completed form and in theRegistry from being subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1666 | Virginia HB 1666 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1666 (2020) — People with disabilities that can impair communication; vehicle registration.
Voluntary Registry for People with Special Communication Needs; vehicle registration. Directs the Department of MotorVehicles to include on the application for registration of a motorvehicle an option for the owner to indicate and provide evidence thathe or a member of his immediate family has a disability that canimpair communication. The bill directs the Superintendent of StatePolice to keep and maintain the Voluntary Registry for People withSpecial Communication Needs (the Registry). The bill provides thatthe Department of State Police shall make the Registry informationavailable to law-enforcement agencies through the Virginia CriminalInformation Network (VCIN) and ensure that any search of motor vehicleinformation includes an indication that the registered owner or amember of his immediate family is included in the Registry. The billexempts any information provided on such completed form and in theRegistry from being subject to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0786) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1666ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1666H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1666H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20104623D
introduction - 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
referral-committee - 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-30 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-30 Committee substitute printed 20106899D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Reported from Appropriations (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106899D-H1
- 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1666H1
- 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1666H1)
- 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-03-03 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-03-03 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-04 Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-07 Enrolled
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1666ER)
- 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
- 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 786 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92337941-670c-4fb6-9750-3f5a7fbca5c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).