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type: "Bill"
title: "License plates from another vehicle; use, authorized time period."
description: "Use of license plates from another vehicle; authorized time period. Extends from five to 30 days the time period for which the owner of a motor vehicle is authorized to use license plates from his motor vehicle on another motor vehicle owned by a person operating a garage or owned by a motor vehicle dealer, provided that such use is limited to the time during which his motor vehicle is being repaired or while the motor vehicle owned by the garage operator or motor vehicle dealer is loaned to him for demonstration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "Virginia SB 440 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e77101-1eaf-48d3-b87e-02de901d6e2e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB440"
source_hash: "6caa6e4c9d28086a56edbf19d972c75713ed9b7b76e910b86044941e70991802"
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 SB 440 (2026) — License plates from another vehicle; use, authorized time period.
Use of license plates from another vehicle; authorized time period. Extends from five to 30 days the time period for which the owner of a motor vehicle is authorized to use license plates from his motor vehicle on another motor vehicle owned by a person operating a garage or owned by a motor vehicle dealer, provided that such use is limited to the time during which his motor vehicle is being repaired or while the motor vehicle owned by the garage operator or motor vehicle dealer is loaned to him for demonstration.
## 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/1090281.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218125.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209967.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation — **130** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102990D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2026-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB440)
- **2026-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-05** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB440ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB440)
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 499 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0499)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e77101-1eaf-48d3-b87e-02de901d6e2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).