Virginia Senate Bill 198

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-06 - Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

License plates; collector motor vehicles; penalty. Creates license plates for collector motor vehicles, defined in the bill, which the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue to any applicant who owns or has regular use of another passenger car, autocycle, or motorcycle and who owns at least a total of three collector motor vehicles. The bill designates the fee for such plates and registration as $50, specifies that the collector motor vehicles shall not be used for general transportation purposes and may only be used (i) for participation in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, and preservation; (ii) on the highways of the Commonwealth for the purpose of testing their operation or selling the vehicle, obtaining repairs or maintenance, transportation to and from events, and for occasional pleasure driving not exceeding 250 miles from the residence of the owner; and (iii) to carry or transport passengers and personal effects. The bill also prohibits such vehicles from being registered as antique vehicles or military surplus motor vehicles. Finally, the bill makes it a Class 4 misdemeanor to violate any provision relating to the registration of collector motor vehicles.

License plates; creates plates for collector motor vehicles, penalty.

Sen. Danny Diggs [R]

2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	Senate	Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
2024-01-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-25	Senate	Reported from Transportation with amendments (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
2024-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2024-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101780D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	730.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB198
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB198+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106234A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB198AS
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S11V0028+SB0198
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0147+SB0198