---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle sales and use tax; abandoned vehicles not sold at auction."
description: "Motor vehicle sales and use tax; abandoned vehicles not sold at auction. Clarifies the basis by which the motor vehicle sales and use tax is calculated in cases where a person is applying for a title to an abandoned motor vehicle that is in their possession and did not sell at auction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1841"
citation: "Virginia HB 1841 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/134ca88e-e089-4beb-84e0-574143f2aa95"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1841"
source_hash: "a0a2e9e284104b0b50568bc5b52da40dda4942586571098826b87700b01010a4"
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 1841 (2025) — Motor vehicle sales and use tax; abandoned vehicles not sold at auction.

Motor vehicle sales and use tax; abandoned vehicles not sold at auction. Clarifies the basis by which the motor vehicle sales and use tax is calculated in cases where a person is applying for a title to an abandoned motor vehicle that is in their possession and did not sell at auction.

## 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/1013440.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071158.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050068.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100633D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1841)
- **2025-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-20** Reported from Finance (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-27** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-17** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1841ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-17** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1841)
- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 80 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0080)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/134ca88e-e089-4beb-84e0-574143f2aa95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).