---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers"
description: "Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "West Virginia SB 173 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e741ae0-a9e2-4141-89b5-e235966df187"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=173&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9614ebd0e88dce139983007547cd23e86148b47858c49b09e93ea8dc52394397"
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-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 173 (2024) — Modifying certain guidelines for motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers, and manufacturers

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb173%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=173)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb173%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=173)

## Votes

- POSTPONE ACTION 1 DAY — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- HFA PUSHKIN & LEWIS 3-7 — **11–86** (fail) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **87–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 29) `passage`
- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Do pass
- **2024-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/6/2024
- **2024-03-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-06** Motion to postpone action 1 day (Roll No. 497)
- **2024-03-06** Postponed on 3rd reading, Special Calendar, until 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 544) `amendment-failure`
- **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** Passed House (Roll No. 545) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-13** Approved by Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 184, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e741ae0-a9e2-4141-89b5-e235966df187`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).