republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-840.md

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Bill	License plates, special; issuance of plates marking 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.	Special license plates; 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The bill provides that the prepaid application requirements for special license plates shall not apply to such plates, that the provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2032, that such plates shall not be newly issued on or after such date, and that such plates may continue in use for a period of time determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. This bill is identical to SB 216.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 840	Virginia HB 840 (2024)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	3	27	7	2024-01-09	2024-03-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d329af9f-65a8-4b04-a5d0-028878865671	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB840	edfa7e4eec03d1669f7dd6ee211af4fb443a74c2b4949a423feb3d9b1c4fde11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 840 (2024) — License plates, special; issuance of plates marking 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.

Special license plates; 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The bill provides that the prepaid application requirements for special license plates shall not apply to such plates, that the provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2032, that such plates shall not be newly issued on or after such date, and that such plates may continue in use for a period of time determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles. This bill is identical to SB 216.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0106 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB840ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101650D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101650D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB840)
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB840ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB840ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 106 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d329af9f-65a8-4b04-a5d0-028878865671. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).