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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses."
description: "Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses. Authorizes the use of vehicles exempt from vehicle registration and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes to transport the vehicle owner between his residence and the land where such agricultural or horticultural activities take place. The bill clarifies that farm use of vehicles registered as farm motor vehicles includes transport between the operator's residence and the farm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Virginia HB 193 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-12-27"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6991b4e4-95ec-4f92-937a-4026d9013352"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB193"
source_hash: "93254cbb4795f20a84b1cbe74bbb9a67af7199b446e3c67f7f0b9b6b6128490e"
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 193 (2020) — Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses.
Vehicles used for agricultural and farm purposes; other uses. Authorizes the use of vehicles exempt from vehicle registration and used exclusively for agricultural or horticultural purposes to transport the vehicle owner between his residence and the land where such agricultural or horticultural activities take place. The bill clarifies that farm use of vehicles registered as farm motor vehicles includes transport between the operator's residence and the farm.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0781)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0781)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB193ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB193ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB193)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB193)
## Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **90** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101524D `introduction`
- **2019-12-27** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB193)
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation (15-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** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB193ER)
- **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
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 781 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6991b4e4-95ec-4f92-937a-4026d9013352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).