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| Bill | License plates, special; cost of plates for recipients of military decorations. | Special license plates; military decorations. Establishes a system for determining the cost of special license plates for recipients of a military decoration based on the order of precedence of such military decoration as determined by the federal Department of Defense or other relevant federal agency. The bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue plates with a "V" for Valor Device on appropriate plates issued by the Department reflecting a military decoration. The bill provides that special license plates for recipients of a military decoration are exempt from the prepaid application requirement for special license plates and may be issued to unremarried surviving spouses of eligible recipients. The bill creates special license plates for recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross with a "V" for Valor, the Airman's Medal, the Army Soldier's Medal, the Coast Guard Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Marine Corps Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, and the Defense Superior Service Medal. The bill changes from one-time to annual the $10 fee for certain special license plates issued after the effective date of this bill. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2069 | Virginia HB 2069 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2069 (2021) — License plates, special; cost of plates for recipients of military decorations.
Special license plates; military decorations. Establishes a system for determining the cost of special license plates for recipients of a military decoration based on the order of precedence of such military decoration as determined by the federal Department of Defense or other relevant federal agency. The bill authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue plates with a "V" for Valor Device on appropriate plates issued by the Department reflecting a military decoration. The bill provides that special license plates for recipients of a military decoration are exempt from the prepaid application requirement for special license plates and may be issued to unremarried surviving spouses of eligible recipients. The bill creates special license plates for recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross with a "V" for Valor, the Airman's Medal, the Army Soldier's Medal, the Coast Guard Medal, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, the Marine Corps Distinguished Service Medal, the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, and the Defense Superior Service Medal. The bill changes from one-time to annual the $10 fee for certain special license plates issued after the effective date of this bill.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0145 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103327D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2069ER (committee substitute) — source
- HB2069H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100264D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100264D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB2069)
- 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Committee substitute printed 21103327D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-01-21 Incorporates HB%A01797 (Walker)
- 2021-01-22 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB2069H1)
- 2021-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-29 Committee substitute printed 21104003D-H2
substitution - 2021-01-29 Substitute bill reprinted 21104003D-H2
- 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Committee on Transportation substitute rejected 21103327D-H1
- 2021-02-02 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21104003D-H2
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2069H2
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 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 - 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB2069H2)
- 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 (HB2069ER)
- 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
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63dbaa85-2b6a-451b-b71a-31d94586997b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).