---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonrepairable vehicles; titling requirements, sale to certain auto recyclers."
description: "Nonrepairable vehicles; titling requirements, sale to certain auto recyclers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1661"
citation: "Virginia HB 1661 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b79847-ed64-42df-b480-7534c7b72363"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1661"
source_hash: "cb88fb443ef428aa7ebaf37dbf31f6acfffc9bb6b498c97664c5b24d6cccdeef"
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 1661 (2023) — Nonrepairable vehicles; titling requirements, sale to certain auto recyclers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0364** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0364)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104639D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1661H1)
3. **HB1661ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1661ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104017D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1661)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104017D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1661)
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23104639D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 23104639D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1661H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1661H1)
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1661ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1661ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 364 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0364)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5b79847-ed64-42df-b480-7534c7b72363`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).