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| Bill | Vehicle registration; special communication needs indicator. | Vehicle registration; special communicationneeds indicator. Expands eligibility for a special communicationneeds indicator on a vehicle registration to vehicle owners whosevehicle is regularly occupied by an individual who has a disabilitythat can impair communication. Current law authorizes those vehicleowners who have a disability that can impair communication to applyfor such an indicator. The bill authorizes the removal of such indicatorby request in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1470 | Virginia SB 1470 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1470 (2021) — Vehicle registration; special communication needs indicator.
Vehicle registration; special communicationneeds indicator. Expands eligibility for a special communicationneeds indicator on a vehicle registration to vehicle owners whosevehicle is regularly occupied by an individual who has a disabilitythat can impair communication. Current law authorizes those vehicleowners who have a disability that can impair communication to applyfor such an indicator. The bill authorizes the removal of such indicatorby request in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0359 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 21102537D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21102537D-E (committee substitute) — source
- SB1470ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 21102537D
introduction - 2021-01-22 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Reported from Transportation with amendment (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB1470)
- 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Reading of amendment waived
- 2021-02-02 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1470E
- 2021-02-02 Printed as engrossed 21102537D-E
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- 2021-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB1470E)
- 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-16 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-16 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB1470ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-22 Signed by Speaker
- 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
- 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 359 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df0969e3-6004-406a-a87f-9a51f456533a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).