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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 HB 1683."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 1308"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1308 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc9aa513-83c2-48f2-91f7-3b97d014646a"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1308"
+source_hash: "653ccc41f2bd1b370db2747107d3252d4e97b1790dfe2780a5c2029410ecb91f"
+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 SB 1308 (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 HB 1683.
+
+## 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/1018722.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077531.PDF)
+3. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037110.PDF)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054794.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Transportation (19-Y 0-N 1-A) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102033D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1308)
+- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106111D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2025-02-04** Transportation Substitute agreed to
+- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Reported from Transportation (19-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-14** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1308ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1308)
+- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc9aa513-83c2-48f2-91f7-3b97d014646a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+