---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers, definitions."
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 SB 1004."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2261"
citation: "Virginia HB 2261 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9834f252-ea66-4d19-bd58-068efccd9519"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2261"
source_hash: "deb29dbf055d81ccaeb7915fe186e9e8616b9f8f4d19cce92e0275fa6f515883"
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 2261 (2025) — Trailer franchise requirements; applicability to certain trailers, definitions.

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 SB 1004.

## 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/1016984.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077519.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061334.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104641D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2261)
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2261ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2261)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 565 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0565)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9834f252-ea66-4d19-bd58-068efccd9519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).