republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-950.md

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Bill	Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles; eliminates certain requirement sunset provision, report.	Eliminates the requirement that nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles have incurred damage that exceeds 90 percent of their cash value prior to such damage to meet the definition of nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees on the impact of the bill, if any, on the number of nonrepairable vehicle and salvage certificates issued over the three-year period after July 1, 2017, compared with the number of such certificates issued over the three-year period before July 1, 2017. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 950	Virginia SB 950 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles	enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	4	22	7	2016-12-31	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/7f48dd9f-a8f1-49c4-97ac-049ddef65870	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB950	997172f9ed616d23eef4c59b821bfb795d8d7907704d8c943bb7d786ea90f74a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 950 (2017) — Nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles; eliminates certain requirement sunset provision, report.

Eliminates the requirement that nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles have incurred damage that exceeds 90 percent of their cash value prior to such damage to meet the definition of nonrepairable and rebuilt vehicles. The bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to report to the Chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees on the impact of the bill, if any, on the number of nonrepairable vehicle and salvage certificates issued over the three-year period after July 1, 2017, compared with the number of such certificates issued over the three-year period before July 1, 2017. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB950ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103017D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Printed as engrossed 17103017D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendment — 96–2 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103017D introduction
• 2016-12-31 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB950E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17103017D-E
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-14 Passed House with amendment (96-Y 2-N) passage
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 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
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f48dd9f-a8f1-49c4-97ac-049ddef65870. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).