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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle owners; proof of financial responsibility in the future."
description: "Department of Motor Vehicles; proof of financial responsibility in the future. Clarifies when a vehicle owner is required to furnish proof of financial responsibility or proof of financial responsibility in the future. The bill specifies the forms required when providing proof of financial responsibility in the future. This bill is identical to SB 959."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2205"
citation: "Virginia HB 2205 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471dc050-2c85-4f3a-923a-95260a130317"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2205"
source_hash: "8138ce8cfeeaadcac8e076a940c8a80389249fdc7ecf64475c61d831532e1048"
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 2205 (2025) — Vehicle owners; proof of financial responsibility in the future.
Department of Motor Vehicles; proof of financial responsibility in the future. Clarifies when a vehicle owner is required to furnish proof of financial responsibility or proof of financial responsibility in the future. The bill specifies the forms required when providing proof of financial responsibility in the future. This bill is identical to SB 959.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015555.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071554.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061848.PDF)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101464D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2205)
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2205ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2205)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471dc050-2c85-4f3a-923a-95260a130317`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).