---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealers; exam for independent dealer-operator recertification."
description: "Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2. This bill is identical to HB 1106."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 452"
citation: "Virginia SB 452 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abe8b8a-7719-4923-9ddb-25a4d9e1d9b5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB452"
source_hash: "9867aaf8d5f0dd808c61f3915bcf124c9c3a6d61c181d09e10ac9e4293946693"
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 452 (2024) — Motor vehicle dealers; exam for independent dealer-operator recertification.

Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2. This bill is identical to HB 1106.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0085)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102044D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB452)
3. **SB452ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB452ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102044D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB452)
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB452ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB452ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abe8b8a-7719-4923-9ddb-25a4d9e1d9b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).