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type: "Bill"
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title: "Inspections prior to sale; exception, certain special orders."
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description: "Exempts from the requirement that motor vehicles be inspected prior to retail sale transactions (i) any motor vehicle that is sold on the basis of a special order placed with a dealer or manufacturer outside the Commonwealth by a dealer who makes modifications to such vehicle prior to delivery to the first retail customer who takes delivery outside the Commonwealth and (ii) any new motor vehicle that has previously been inspected and displays a valid state inspection sticker. For a new vehicle sold on the basis of a special order by a dealer on behalf of a nonresident, the bill expands the existing exception for an order placed with a manufacturer outside the Commonwealth to also exempt an order placed with a dealer outside the Commonwealth. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 627"
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citation: "Virginia HB 627 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2018-01-08"
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last_action: "2018-02-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1298aa-f350-409e-a501-a75414bb1e28"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB627"
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source_hash: "23bda23cde58df7f5ba1e59ca528477f2090e420be05ea2007e60ea94dd4e4db"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 627 (2018) — Inspections prior to sale; exception, certain special orders.
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Exempts from the requirement that motor vehicles be inspected prior to retail sale transactions (i) any motor vehicle that is sold on the basis of a special order placed with a dealer or manufacturer outside the Commonwealth by a dealer who makes modifications to such vehicle prior to delivery to the first retail customer who takes delivery outside the Commonwealth and (ii) any new motor vehicle that has previously been inspected and displays a valid state inspection sticker. For a new vehicle sold on the basis of a special order by a dealer on behalf of a nonresident, the bill expands the existing exception for an order placed with a manufacturer outside the Commonwealth to also exempt an order placed with a dealer outside the Commonwealth. The bill contains a technical amendment. This bill is identical to
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0027)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB627ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB627ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105742D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB627H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102168D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB627)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102168D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 18105742D-H1
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- **2018-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB627H1
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- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-12** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2018-02-12** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2018-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-14** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2018-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/19/18
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- **2018-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad1298aa-f350-409e-a501-a75414bb1e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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