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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "License plates, special; localities to pay initial issuance fee costs for development and issuance."
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description: "Special license plates; localities. Authorizes localities to pay the initial issuance fee costs for the developmentand issuance of special license plates displaying the seal, symbol,emblem, or logotype of the locality in lieu of collecting 350 paidapplications for such license plates."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 703"
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citation: "Virginia HB 703 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark L. Keam"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb60a33e-00f2-40da-b62c-e09008fa90f9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB703"
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source_hash: "e2a3e0b1de33140a2193ee58873f84aceafc51282a448c4db13b5e3b45a69f3a"
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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 703 (2022) — License plates, special; localities to pay initial issuance fee costs for development and issuance.
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Special license plates; localities. Authorizes localities to pay the initial issuance fee costs for the developmentand issuance of special license plates displaying the seal, symbol,emblem, or logotype of the locality in lieu of collecting 350 paidapplications for such license plates.
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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. **CHAP0054** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0054)
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2. **HB703ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB703ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102651D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB703)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102651D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-19** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB703)
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- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB703ER)
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- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
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- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 54 (effective 7/1/22) `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/cb60a33e-00f2-40da-b62c-e09008fa90f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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