Virginia / State / 2026 Regular Session
2026 Acts of Assembly, chapter 39 (HB 94) Extended the disabled veteran registration fee waiver to a vehicle with standard passenger plates
Amended Code of Virginia 46.2-739(C) so the one-vehicle waiver of the annual registration fee and the annual special plate fee, for a veteran with limb loss, blindness or a permanent and total VA certification and for the unremarried surviving spouse, applies to a vehicle displaying the standard passenger plate as well as one displaying Disabled Veteran plates. Effective July 1, 2026. The DMV plate page already describes the standard plate route.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House, prefiled
- In committee Done, House Transportation, then Senate Transportation and Finance and Appropriations
- Passed one chamber Done, House
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate
- Signed by the governor Done,
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
What it touches
- Code of Virginia § 46.2-739
Catalog entry
Official record
Read 2026 Acts of Assembly, chapter 39 (HB 94) on the jurisdiction's own record