---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle's odometer; disclosure exemption."
description: "Odometer disclosure exemption. Providesthat the exemption from disclosing a vehicle's odometer reading appliesonly to vehicles exempt from recording an odometer in another statethat were manufactured (i) in or before the 2010 model year and transferredat least 10 years after January 1 of the vehicle's model year or(ii) in or after the 2011 model year and transferred at least 20years after January 1 of the vehicle's model year. Current law exemptsdisclosure for vehicles exempt from disclosure in another state thatwere manufactured for a model year at least 10 years earlier thanthe vehicle transfer. This bill complies with federal regulations regarding odometer disclosure exemptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2294"
citation: "Virginia HB 2294 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua G. Cole"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-17"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb19f57a-a504-4729-b1aa-d937f61f4240"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2294"
source_hash: "e7b9bc3296e3e561a633a868dac11528e85e27be7dbe746357763b70acd1d18f"
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 2294 (2021) — Vehicle's odometer; disclosure exemption.

Odometer disclosure exemption. Providesthat the exemption from disclosing a vehicle's odometer reading appliesonly to vehicles exempt from recording an odometer in another statethat were manufactured (i) in or before the 2010 model year and transferredat least 10 years after January 1 of the vehicle's model year or(ii) in or after the 2011 model year and transferred at least 20years after January 1 of the vehicle's model year. Current law exemptsdisclosure for vehicles exempt from disclosure in another state thatwere manufactured for a model year at least 10 years earlier thanthe vehicle transfer. This bill complies with federal regulations regarding odometer disclosure exemptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0431** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0431)
2. **HB2294ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2294ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 21102099D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2294)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua G. Cole — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 21102099D `introduction`
- **2021-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294)
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 431 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb19f57a-a504-4729-b1aa-d937f61f4240`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).