HB 1344 Virginia House of Delegates · 2026 Regular Session

License plates, special; repeals issuance for Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee.

Summary

Special license plates; Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. Repeals authorization for the issuance of Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee special license plates and provides that such special license plates already in circulation will remain valid until their expiration and shall not be renewed.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Apr 2026

Introduced Jan 19, 2026 Signed Apr 6, 2026

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill officially enacts the repeal of the special license plate program for the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Robert E. Lee. It removes the specific statute and the 2007 enabling chapter from the Virginia Code, ensuring the program is permanently eliminated. The text also clarifies that existing plates remain valid until they expire but cannot be renewed.

Scope change

The scope of the bill has not changed; it is a procedural step to finalize the repeal of a previously enacted law.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a draft 'Enrolled' version to a final 'Chaptered' version, adding official chapter numbers and approval dates while removing draft headers.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text of Section 3, splitting a long sentence across multiple lines for readability in the final publication.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 17, 2026

How they voted

38–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 39

Mar 2, 2026

D Democratic20

19 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 6, 2026

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 304 (effective 7/1/2026)

executive

Mar 10, 2026

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1344ER)

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

upper

Feb 26, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Transportation (8-Y 6-N)

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

upper

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Transportation (15-Y 6-N)

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 29, 2026

Committee

Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles

lower

Jan 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to Committee on Transportation

lower

Jan 19, 2026

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 26104991D

lower

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors