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type: "Bill"
title: "License plates, spec.; issuance to supporters of Richmond SPCA bearing legend SAVING LIVES TOGETHER."
description: "Special license plates; SAVING LIVES TOGETHER. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) bearing the legend SAVING LIVES TOGETHER."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 811"
citation: "Virginia HB 811 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6e6d0c7-4699-4822-bf73-92b2288884bc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB811"
source_hash: "629c7c830d32888cde2f24f02162b794f2faca69ead3f3350e39495788caa153"
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 811 (2026) — License plates, spec.; issuance to supporters of Richmond SPCA bearing legend SAVING LIVES TOGETHER.
Special license plates; SAVING LIVES TOGETHER. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates for supporters of the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) bearing the legend SAVING LIVES TOGETHER.
## 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/1086001.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216905.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197910.PDF)
## Votes
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **90** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104709D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB811)
- **2026-01-23** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-02** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB811ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB811)
- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 222 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0222)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6e6d0c7-4699-4822-bf73-92b2288884bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).