republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permanent farm use placard; an owner or lessee to obtain for vehicle from DMV."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; permanent farm use placard. Requires an owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. The bill requires the applicant to provide specified information about the vehicle and its usage, pay a $15 fee, and certify that the vehicle is insured. The provisions of the bill requiring the owner or lessee of a farm vehicle to obtain and display a farm use placard have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 179."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Virginia SB 186 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5071536-83c4-45a7-926d-b77315e0dc9f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB186"
source_hash: "fb41ea62657ae5ba19c712ddcd300143fbe55f41f4e7672cd5671109d0a72560"
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 SB 186 (2022) — Permanent farm use placard; an owner or lessee to obtain for vehicle from DMV.

Department of Motor Vehicles; permanent farm use placard. Requires an owner or lessee of a vehicle claiming a farm use exemption from the registration, licensing, and decal requirements for a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to obtain a nontransferable permanent farm use placard from the Department of Motor Vehicles and to display the farm use placard on the vehicle at all times. The bill requires the applicant to provide specified information about the vehicle and its usage, pay a $15 fee, and certify that the vehicle is insured. The provisions of the bill requiring the owner or lessee of a farm vehicle to obtain and display a farm use placard have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2023. This bill is identical to HB 179.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0051** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0051)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105328D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB186S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100248D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB186)
4. **SB186ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB186ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100248D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB186)
- **2022-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105328D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB186S1)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22105328D-S1
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB186S1
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB186ER)
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 51 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5071536-83c4-45a7-926d-b77315e0dc9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).