---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; recovery for breach of extended service contracts."
description: "Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; recovery for breach of extended service contracts. Authorizes any person who is awarded a final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth for any loss or damage resulting from a breach of an extended service contract for a motor vehicle to recover the unpaid amount on the judgment from the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund, subject to certain limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1386"
citation: "Virginia HB 1386 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e71405-034a-4f57-a999-a1e72328b785"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1386"
source_hash: "fe69a555ff5c8f5491f6af6dd2bf7872ffa71a0bb1d6d4c756c2345a55fce18c"
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 1386 (2026) — Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; recovery for breach of extended service contracts.

Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund; recovery for breach of extended service contracts. Authorizes any person who is awarded a final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth for any loss or damage resulting from a breach of an extended service contract for a motor vehicle to recover the unpaid amount on the judgment from the Motor Vehicle Transaction Recovery Fund, subject to certain limitations.

## 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/1093495.PDF)
2. **Department of Motor Vehicles Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136349.HTML)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145668.PDF)
4. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143356.HTML)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210742.PDF)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 26105658D `introduction`
- **2026-01-21** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1386)
- **2026-02-10** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 3-N)
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1386)
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1386ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1386)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 837 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17e71405-034a-4f57-a999-a1e72328b785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).