republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-193.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses.	Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses. Authorizes the use of vehicles exempt from vehicle registration and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes to transport the vehicle owner between his residence and the land where such agricultural or horticultural activities take place. The bill clarifies that farm use of vehicles registered as farm motor vehicles includes transport between the operator's residence and the farm.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 193	Virginia HB 193 (2020)	bill		enacted	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	3	23	6	2019-12-27	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6991b4e4-95ec-4f92-937a-4026d9013352	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB193	93254cbb4795f20a84b1cbe74bbb9a67af7199b446e3c67f7f0b9b6b6128490e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 193 (2020) — Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses.

Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses. Authorizes the use of vehicles exempt from vehicle registration and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes to transport the vehicle owner between his residence and the land where such agricultural or horticultural activities take place. The bill clarifies that farm use of vehicles registered as farm motor vehicles includes transport between the operator's residence and the farm.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB193ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB193) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101524D introduction
• 2019-12-27 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB193)
• 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (15-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 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB193ER)
• 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 781 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6991b4e4-95ec-4f92-937a-4026d9013352. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).