republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1092.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Department of; management of records."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; release of information. Reorganizes and clarifies the responsibilities of the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding the management and distribution of information in its records. The bill limits the release of certain information in the Department's records and authorizes certain notices to be sent electronically or by postcard. The bill repeals sections of the Code (i) requiring the Department to furnish a certificate linking a license plate number to an individual and (ii) permitting the Department to publish personal information related to certain delinquent accounts online. The bill contains technical amendments and contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1092"
citation: "Virginia HB 1092 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hala S. Ayala"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5fe47d2-adf7-4092-a3f7-3565372a2bf8"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1092"
source_hash: "419e82e3ebfb4983e61af2797d332bf4217275d15348bf45cacb6431be6d691c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1092 (2020) — Motor Vehicles, Department of; management of records.

Department of Motor Vehicles; release of information. Reorganizes and clarifies the responsibilities of the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding the management and distribution of information in its records. The bill limits the release of certain information in the Department's records and authorizes certain notices to be sent electronically or by postcard. The bill repeals sections of the Code (i) requiring the Department to furnish a certificate linking a license plate number to an individual and (ii) permitting the Department to publish personal information related to certain delinquent accounts online. The bill contains technical amendments and contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0701)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0701)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1092ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1092ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1092H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1092H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1092)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1092)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)_ — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/08/20 20105145D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1092)
- **2020-02-04** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107587D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107587D-H1
- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1092H1
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1092H1)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation with amendments (10-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)_ `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB1092ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 4/6/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5fe47d2-adf7-4092-a3f7-3565372a2bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).