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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal."
+description: "Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1683"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1683 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-01-03"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/005c988e-056c-43fe-8658-0d1b7b42bec7"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1683"
+source_hash: "e5185608d67d7952c01e055c0733edd804266c37c7805d6d0b6b5344ccc03250"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1683 (2025) — Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal.
+
+Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012623.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077688.PDF)
+3. **Transportation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031240.PDF)
+4. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037720.PDF)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060990.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102130D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
+- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
+- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106105D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Transportation Substitute agreed to
+- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
+- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
+- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1683ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/005c988e-056c-43fe-8658-0d1b7b42bec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+