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type: "Bill"
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title: "License plates, special; PROTECT SEA LIFE."
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description: "Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Virginia Aquarium bearing the legend PROTECT SEA LIFE."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1637"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1637 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry D. Knight"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-11-15"
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last_action: "2019-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ca44c0-7270-42e2-9f9a-35bbb8c11768"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1637"
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source_hash: "e11448688e530c9d0c5eda2c35526e9725e3a7d212930a9f0558a0edd800d6c9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1637 (2019) — License plates, special; PROTECT SEA LIFE.
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Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Virginia Aquarium bearing the legend PROTECT SEA LIFE.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0067)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0067)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1637AH)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1637ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1637ER)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100780D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1637)
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5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100780D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1637E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barry D. Knight — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-11-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100780D `introduction`
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- **2018-11-15** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-25** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-25** Engrossed by House as amended HB1637E
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- **2019-01-25** Printed as engrossed 19100780D-E
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- **2019-01-28** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
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- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ca44c0-7270-42e2-9f9a-35bbb8c11768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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