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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	License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to a member of the Virginia National Guard.	Special license plates; member of the VirginiaNational Guard. Removes the fee for the issuance of special licenseplates to a member of the Virginia National Guard. Current law providesthat such special license plates are issued at half the prescribedcost of state license plates. The bill does not change the fee forpersonalized special license plates.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2261	Virginia HB 2261 (2021)	bill		enacted	Scott Wyatt	3	34	11	2021-01-13	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/18adcffc-bec1-4495-b941-d75d520db830	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2261	0902c45ba35e50485edccd3cf2eb46a496e3f2c6cf48db3ef470cfcf9d0010a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2261 (2021) — License plates, special; removes fee for issuance to a member of the Virginia National Guard.

Special license plates; member of the VirginiaNational Guard. Removes the fee for the issuance of special licenseplates to a member of the Virginia National Guard. Current law providesthat such special license plates are issued at half the prescribedcost of state license plates. The bill does not change the fee forpersonalized special license plates.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0153 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2261ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 21102559D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (31-Y 6-N 1-A) — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (8-Y 4-N 3-A) — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — 15–1 (pass) · upper
• 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 Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott Wyatt — primary (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 21102559D introduction
• 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-01-17 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2261)
• 2021-01-22 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 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 (8-Y 4-N 3-A) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (31-Y 6-N 1-A) passage
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2261ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/18adcffc-bec1-4495-b941-d75d520db830. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).