---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealers; redefines 'relevant market area' for purposes of motorcycle franchises."
description: "Motor vehicle dealers; motorcycle franchises.Redefines \"relevant market area\" for purposes of motorcycle franchises.The bill also removes the burden of proof from a motor vehicle dealerin a hearing related to a motorcycle franchise license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 1035"
citation: "Virginia SB 1035 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6fd7d19-d0a8-46a2-8f73-edc4971137a4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1035"
source_hash: "5e0284b66b6741b35045ef6f7b43d375fa1efd80df9f4c88f5a1c8323c397d34"
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 1035 (2020) — Motor vehicle dealers; redefines 'relevant market area' for purposes of motorcycle franchises.

Motor vehicle dealers; motorcycle franchises.Redefines "relevant market area" for purposes of motorcycle franchises.The bill also removes the burden of proof from a motor vehicle dealerin a hearing related to a motorcycle franchise license.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0984)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0984)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1035ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1035ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1035S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1035S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB1035)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB1035)

## Votes

- House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N) — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 20105325D `introduction`
- **2020-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB1035)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20107143D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20107143D-S1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1035S1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1035S1)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation with amendments (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with amendments (70-Y 30-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (70-Y 30-N)
- **2020-02-28** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-02-28** House amendments agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB1035ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 984 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6fd7d19-d0a8-46a2-8f73-edc4971137a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).