---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealers; conduct of business, business hours, filing changes."
description: "Motor vehicle dealers; conduct of business; business hours; filing changes. Changes the entity with which a dealer who changes his business hours must file such change from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 586"
citation: "Virginia HB 586 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4788d7b6-0d6f-4f81-8538-2698a63a9683"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB586"
source_hash: "529c078f8ac75ad6e869d3f8f71a63314fb62d18ce6b7cd1bf996e94c3c8593b"
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 586 (2026) — Motor vehicle dealers; conduct of business, business hours, filing changes.

Motor vehicle dealers; conduct of business; business hours; filing changes. Changes the entity with which a dealer who changes his business hours must file such change from the Department of Motor Vehicles to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board.

## 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/1085067.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216697.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179603.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103473D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB586)
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-04** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-23** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB586ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB586)
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4788d7b6-0d6f-4f81-8538-2698a63a9683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).