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Bill Motor Vehicles, Department of; limits the release of privileged information to government entities. Department of Motor Vehicles; privilegedinformation. Limits the release of Department of Motor Vehicles(DMV) privileged information to government entities and law-enforcementagencies for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement unless (i) the subject of the information provides consent or (ii) the requesting agency presents a lawful judicial order, judicial subpoena, or judicial warrant. The bill requires the DMV to notify the subject of therequest that such a request was made and the identity of the entitythat made the request. The bill requires any entity receiving privileged information from the DMV to enter into a written agreement withthe DMV prior to such release of such information and prohibits anyentity from rereleasing any such DMV information to any third partyunless explicitly permitted to do so in the entity's agreement withthe DMV. The bill contains requirements for any such written agreementbetween the DMV and the Department of State Police. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 HB 2163 Virginia HB 2163 (2021)
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Virginia HB 2163 (2021) — Motor Vehicles, Department of; limits the release of privileged information to government entities.

Department of Motor Vehicles; privilegedinformation. Limits the release of Department of Motor Vehicles(DMV) privileged information to government entities and law-enforcementagencies for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement unless (i) the subject of the information provides consent or (ii) the requesting agency presents a lawful judicial order, judicial subpoena, or judicial warrant. The bill requires the DMV to notify the subject of therequest that such a request was made and the identity of the entitythat made the request. The bill requires any entity receiving privileged information from the DMV to enter into a written agreement withthe DMV prior to such release of such information and prohibits anyentity from rereleasing any such DMV information to any third partyunless explicitly permitted to do so in the entity's agreement withthe DMV. The bill contains requirements for any such written agreementbetween the DMV and the Department of State Police.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0421 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103639D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 21200383D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB2163ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102762D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — 138 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — 123 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — 85 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 139 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 43-N) — 5343 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — 5344 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — 2118 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102762D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
  • 2021-01-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-01-25 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-25 Committee substitute printed 21103639D-H1 substitution
  • 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-01-26 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB2163H1)
  • 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103639D-H1
  • 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2163H1
  • 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-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)
  • 2021-02-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-18 Reported from Transportation with substitute (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-18 Committee substitute printed 21200383D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB2163S1)
  • 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 21200383D-S1
  • 2021-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2163S1
  • 2021-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) passage
  • 2021-02-25 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-25 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200383D-S1 (54-Y 43-N)
  • 2021-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 43-N)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 421 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bd82bea-b17b-4d2e-ad01-93c47e0e20a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).