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Bill Special identification cards; application by guardian. Special identification cards; application byguardian. Authorizes the parent of any person under the ageof 18 or the legal guardian of any person to apply for a specialidentification card on behalf of such person. Current law authorizes the parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of 15 toapply for a special identification card on behalf of such person. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 1961 Virginia HB 1961 (2021)
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Virginia HB 1961 (2021) — Special identification cards; application by guardian.

Special identification cards; application byguardian. Authorizes the parent of any person under the ageof 18 or the legal guardian of any person to apply for a specialidentification card on behalf of such person. Current law authorizes the parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of 15 toapply for a special identification card on behalf of such person.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0319 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB1961ER (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101694D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 90 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101694D introduction
  • 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
  • 2021-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB1961)
  • 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-01-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2021-01-27 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-16 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1961ER)
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
  • 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 319 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4e03f52-bc40-4aa3-93f8-de7cf9c34b52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).