republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1350.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle sales and use tax; refund to purchaser.	Allows a purchaser to be refunded any motor vehicle sales and use tax paid if the vehicle is returned pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Act, or if the vehicle is returned within 45 days of purchase, and the purchase price is refunded, due to a mechanical defect or failure. The bill requires a person claiming the refund due to a mechanical defect or failure to submit an affidavit to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles stating that the vehicle was returned due to a mechanical defect or failure, the purchase price was refunded, the title was assigned to the person accepting the return, and the purchaser no longer has possession of the vehicle.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1350	Virginia SB 1350 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles Sales and Use Tax Taxation	enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	4	20	6	2017-01-11	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6279ed76-cc88-4327-927c-0a4f7b82a931	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1350	dee610e6d2f692441a2e460642a1f42dc4cc94fa0fd087ee8ac5ae797d04f05a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1350 (2017) — Motor vehicle sales and use tax; refund to purchaser.

Allows a purchaser to be refunded any motor vehicle sales and use tax paid if the vehicle is returned pursuant to the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Act, or if the vehicle is returned within 45 days of purchase, and the purchase price is refunded, due to a mechanical defect or failure. The bill requires a person claiming the refund due to a mechanical defect or failure to submit an affidavit to the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles stating that the vehicle was returned due to a mechanical defect or failure, the purchase price was refunded, the title was assigned to the person accepting the return, and the purchaser no longer has possession of the vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1350ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104615D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101471D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Finance with substitute — 15–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101471D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-01-27 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104615D-S1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1350S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled
• 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6279ed76-cc88-4327-927c-0a4f7b82a931. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).