republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-380.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, special; issuance to certain members, veterans, & retirees of U.S. Air Force."
description: "Special license plates; United States Air Force. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for active duty members with, honorably discharged veterans with six months of active duty service in, and retirees from the United States Air Force and unremarried surviving spouses of such service members. This bill incorporates HB 1489. "
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 380"
citation: "Virginia HB 380 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike A. Cherry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-07"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b2528cb-0140-4985-aa74-668f5488227f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB380"
source_hash: "39f86f88de412621061e61a533352ab72542995ff03fd5b92b45c39cb65b5a4f"
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 380 (2024) — License plates, special; issuance to certain members, veterans, & retirees of U.S. Air Force.

Special license plates; United States Air Force. Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for active duty members with, honorably discharged veterans with six months of active duty service in, and retirees from the United States Air Force and unremarried surviving spouses of such service members. This bill incorporates HB 1489. 

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0188** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0188)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106252D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB380H1)
3. **HB380ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB380ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100570D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB380)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100570D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute printed 24106252D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-26** Incorporates HB1489 (Henson)
- **2024-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 24106252D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB380H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB380H1)
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB380ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB380ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 188 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b2528cb-0140-4985-aa74-668f5488227f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).