republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-94.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration fees; disabled veterans."
description: "Vehicle registration fees; disabled veterans. Extends the current exemption from annual vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans or their unremarried surviving spouse to eligible vehicles displaying a standard passenger license plate. Current law applies such exemption to a vehicle displaying disabled veteran special license plates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 94"
citation: "Virginia HB 94 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-02"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/207e2960-0eb7-4654-84a7-8f2ff3a6ff1c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB94"
source_hash: "2afeed13c8a54d4aa2564422e37ecbac0ca79a0ac75ca8ee4dafeebafb5bae00"
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 94 (2026) — Vehicle registration fees; disabled veterans.

Vehicle registration fees; disabled veterans. Extends the current exemption from annual vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans or their unremarried surviving spouse to eligible vehicles displaying a standard passenger license plate. Current law applies such exemption to a vehicle displaying disabled veteran special license plates.

## 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/1082361.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214931.PDF)
3. **Department of Motor Vehicles Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1098098.HTML)
4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103001.PDF)
5. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1101837.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1193820.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100158D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB94)
- **2026-01-26** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB94)
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB94)
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-04** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB94ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB94)
- **2026-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 39 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0039)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/207e2960-0eb7-4654-84a7-8f2ff3a6ff1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).