Identification privilege cards; authorizes DMV to issue, fee, confidentiality, penalties.
Summary
Identification privilege cards; fee; confidentiality; penalties. Authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue identification privilege cards to applicants who hold a citizenship or legal presence status that is eligible for a special identification card or a limited-duration special identification card and have reported income from Virginia sources or been claimed as a dependent on an individual tax return filed with the Commonwealth in the preceding 12 months. The bill provides that identification privilege cards shall be treated as special identification cards unless otherwise provided in the Code of Virginia. The bill limits the release of certain information stored by the Department. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Apr 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Apr 7, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 16, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 26, 2021
How they voted
31–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 33
Feb 16, 2021
D
Democratic17
94% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
15
Committee
12
Amendments
2
Apr 7, 2021
Executive · Passed
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (59-Y 41-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (19-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-0-2)
senate
Feb 11, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (8-Y 7-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (57-Y 43-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2138E
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Guzman agreed to
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 17, 2021
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102728D
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
LG
Liz Guzmán
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
Co
Lee J. Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
Co
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
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