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Bill Motor vehicle title; designation of beneficiary. Designation of beneficiary on motor vehicle title; multiple owners. Provides a process whereby a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer with multiple owners can be titled with a designated beneficiary. The bill requires the consent of all owners and provides that the transfer of ownership would occur upon the death of the last surviving owner. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 989 Virginia HB 989 (2020)
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Virginia HB 989 (2020) — Motor vehicle title; designation of beneficiary.

Designation of beneficiary on motor vehicle title; multiple owners. Provides a process whereby a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer with multiple owners can be titled with a designated beneficiary. The bill requires the consent of all owners and provides that the transfer of ownership would occur upon the death of the last surviving owner.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0974) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB989ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB989) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Amanda E. Batten — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101436D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2020-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB989)
  • 2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-29 VOTE: (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-06 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB989ER)
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 974 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb6504b7-aece-47c5-aef8-0d16d895231e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).