Special license plates; highway safety.
Summary
Authorizes the issuance of special license plates for supporters of highway safety, including awareness of distracted driving. The bill exempts the plate from the requirement to obtain 450 prepaid applications prior to issuance and from the provision that prohibits issuance of additional plates in the series if, after five or more years after issuance, the plate has fewer than 200 active sets of plates. Additionally, the plate shall be subject only to a one-time fee of $10 at the time the plates are issued, in addition to the prescribed cost of state license plates.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 9, 2017
Signed Mar 3, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Mar 3, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Jan 9, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103057D
legislature
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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