republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-425.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles, Department of; release of privileged information."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; release of privileged information. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to release to a party that is subject to an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department nonmedical privileged information necessary to participate in such administrative proceeding. The bill limits such information to matters of fact and law asserted or questioned by the Department and prohibits the dissemination of such information to any third party that is not a party to the administrative proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 425"
citation: "Virginia HB 425 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["W. Chad Green"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db609461-525a-431a-b9d8-a8a2bd43f447"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB425"
source_hash: "e2e109a5c66a382482ca8c8e1aff9bd940e1e59df56f2c712a57f7cd6c0286c9"
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 425 (2024) — Motor Vehicles, Department of; release of privileged information.

Department of Motor Vehicles; release of privileged information. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to release to a party that is subject to an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department nonmedical privileged information necessary to participate in such administrative proceeding. The bill limits such information to matters of fact and law asserted or questioned by the Department and prohibits the dissemination of such information to any third party that is not a party to the administrative proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0189)
2. **HB425ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB425ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102798D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB425)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24102798D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB425E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- W. Chad Green — primary (person)
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs — cosponsor (person)
- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102798D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB425)
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2024-01-30** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB425E
- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24102798D-E
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB425ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB425ER)
- **2024-03-07** 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 189 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db609461-525a-431a-b9d8-a8a2bd43f447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).