---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers."
description: "Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers. Changes the applicability of trailer franchise requirements to only apply to new trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 30,000 pounds. This bill is identical to HB 2261."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1004"
citation: "Virginia SB 1004 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/789c046a-ab4a-4cb5-a240-835751fa4347"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1004"
source_hash: "3d44b6ae7c6ea60110ed19a8d5dc65cbba2dba6d689a9ba1550b700d58e734a9"
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 1004 (2025) — Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers.

Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers. Changes the applicability of trailer franchise requirements to only apply to new trailers with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 30,000 pounds. This bill is identical to HB 2261.

## 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/1014775.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077612.PDF)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024707.PDF)
4. **Transportation Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021674.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047306.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104533D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-20** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21** Reading of amendments waived
- **2025-01-21** Transportation Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2025-01-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2025-01-21** Printed as engrossed 25104533D-E
- **2025-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1004)
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from Transportation (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1004ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1004)
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 579 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0579)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/789c046a-ab4a-4cb5-a240-835751fa4347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).