---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic sales by dealers; titling."
description: "Electronic sales by dealers; titling. Authorizes certain motor vehicle dealers to choose to sell a motor vehicle electronically by obtaining a title in the dealer's name for resale. This bill has a contingent effective date of the earlier of (i) July 1, 2025, or (ii) receipt of proper notification that a secure power of attorney prescribed by federal law and in a form approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles is available to motor vehicle dealers to be electronically signed by a purchaser."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1419"
citation: "Virginia HB 1419 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry G. Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0de9993f-3b4e-4787-914d-52b74b959a26"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1419"
source_hash: "8ced9108983c7c8f7c91587a30d2b0a52335907cb4e8d1631a566a7a4c8b99f5"
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 1419 (2024) — Electronic sales by dealers; titling.

Electronic sales by dealers; titling. Authorizes certain motor vehicle dealers to choose to sell a motor vehicle electronically by obtaining a title in the dealer's name for resale. This bill has a contingent effective date of the earlier of (i) July 1, 2025, or (ii) receipt of proper notification that a secure power of attorney prescribed by federal law and in a form approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles is available to motor vehicle dealers to be electronically signed by a purchaser.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0418)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107166D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1419H1)
3. **HB1419ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1419ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24101177D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1419)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 24101177D `introduction`
- **2024-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24107166D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107166D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1419H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1419ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1419ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 418 (effective 7/1/25 - see bill) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0de9993f-3b4e-4787-914d-52b74b959a26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).