republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-281.md

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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	Transit buses; exempts a manufacturer, etc., engaged in distribution from certain requirements.	Transit buses. Exempts a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative engaged in the manufacture or distribution of transit buses from the requirements of obtaining a license from the Department of Motor Vehicles to engage in business. The bill also exempts transit buses from dealer's license plate and temporary license plate requirements.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 281	Virginia SB 281 (2022)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	5	43	9	2022-01-11	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/d91a45bc-62f2-44f0-a66e-faeadd7f1bff	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB281	5eec3c85944836616ad8d6cd861ff39a602898c79bd1d4c2061561665f2b8836	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 281 (2022) — Transit buses; exempts a manufacturer, etc., engaged in distribution from certain requirements.

Transit buses. Exempts a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or factory or distributor representative engaged in the manufacture or distribution of transit buses from the requirements of obtaining a license from the Department of Motor Vehicles to engage in business. The bill also exempts transit buses from dealer's license plate and temporary license plate requirements.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0718 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100708D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 22100708D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB281ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB281ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100708D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB281)
• 2022-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Printed as engrossed 22100708D-E
• 2022-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Reading of amendments waived
• 2022-02-01 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-01 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB281E
• 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB281E)
• 2022-03-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2022-03-04 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB281ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB281ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d91a45bc-62f2-44f0-a66e-faeadd7f1bff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).