republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-34.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	Electronic credentials; discretionary fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by DMV for each individual.	Electronic credentials; fee. Makes discretionary the amount of the fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for each individual issued electronic credentials or granted access to an electronic credential. Under current law, the fee is fixed at $10 per year. The bill authorizes the Department to issue electronic registration cards to individuals who hold a valid physical registration card and clarifies when a physical registration card is required.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 34	Virginia SB 34 (2022)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	29	6	2021-12-23	2022-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6b93b90b-4413-4a64-9a6c-a7aa47c7d8fb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB34	4b29f5fbff7fe4a7788717720ae12ee123209f26f29af323b5b9b33d385fa508	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 34 (2022) — Electronic credentials; discretionary fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by DMV for each individual.

Electronic credentials; fee. Makes discretionary the amount of the fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for each individual issued electronic credentials or granted access to an electronic credential. Under current law, the fee is fixed at $10 per year. The bill authorizes the Department to issue electronic registration cards to individuals who hold a valid physical registration card and clarifies when a physical registration card is required.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0183 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22104817D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103302D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB34ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103302D introduction
• 2021-12-23 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-20 Committee substitute printed 22104817D-S1 substitution
• 2022-01-20 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2022-01-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-01-26 Committee substitute agreed to 22104817D-S1
• 2022-01-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB34S1
• 2022-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB34S1)
• 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 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Transportation (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 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB34ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 183 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b93b90b-4413-4a64-9a6c-a7aa47c7d8fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).