republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-216.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 HB 840.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 216	Virginia SB 216 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	3	26	6	2024-01-08	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/39af9435-5c64-45cf-9cdc-d503a612d0bf	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB216	2a90affe2dd9947a8ad44c31955a0f6f2df1252eb826e882b1a18e0c06ee9000	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 216 (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 HB 840.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0155 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101652D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB216ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101652D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB216)
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB216ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB216ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0155)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39af9435-5c64-45cf-9cdc-d503a612d0bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).