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| Bill | Motor vehicle dealer; advertising. | Motor vehicle dealer advertising. Repeals provisions of the Motor Vehicle Dealer Act (the Act) that state the intent of the article as it relates to advertising and provide that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles is solely responsible for the enforcement of the article. The bill retains existing language clarifying that the authority granted in the Act is in addition to the authority granted pursuant to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 524 | Virginia SB 524 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 524 (2020) — Motor vehicle dealer; advertising.
Motor vehicle dealer advertising. Repeals provisions of the Motor Vehicle Dealer Act (the Act) that state the intent of the article as it relates to advertising and provide that the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles is solely responsible for the enforcement of the article. The bill retains existing language clarifying that the authority granted in the Act is in addition to the authority granted pursuant to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB524ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB524) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100514D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-01-16 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB524)
- 2020-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-21 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-20 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-25 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 Enrolled
- 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB524ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by President
- 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
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccd2f679-1c1b-4ccb-bc8d-a14f26ef8662. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).