---
type: "Bill"
title: "Manufactured home; excludes a park model recreation vehicle from definition."
description: "Excludes a park model recreational vehicle from the definition of \"manufactured home\" and defines a park model recreational vehicle as a vehicle that is (i) designed and marketed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use; (ii) not permanently affixed to real property for use as a permanent dwelling; (iii) built on a single chassis mounted on wheels; and (iv) certified by the manufacturer as complying with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Park Model Recreational Vehicle Standard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1497"
citation: "Virginia SB 1497 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18b8445f-2501-4570-ae5f-8648e54b5b1b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1497"
source_hash: "41be8fb49af74b23ab073880d1b6f3e0396eef2e07a56d5ca15e509122f14a9b"
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 1497 (2017) — Manufactured home; excludes a park model recreation vehicle from definition.

Excludes a park model recreational vehicle from the definition of "manufactured home" and defines a park model recreational vehicle as a vehicle that is (i) designed and marketed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use; (ii) not permanently affixed to real property for use as a permanent dwelling; (iii) built on a single chassis mounted on wheels; and (iv) certified by the manufacturer as complying with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) A119.5 Park Model Recreational Vehicle Standard.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0370)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1497ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1497ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103559D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1497)
4. **Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103559D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1497E)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 17103559D `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
- **2017-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1497E
- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17103559D-E
- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 370 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18b8445f-2501-4570-ae5f-8648e54b5b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).