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type: "Bill"
title: "Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms; definitions, establishes requirements."
description: "Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms. Establishes insurance, taxation, recordkeeping, disclosure, and safety recall requirements for peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms, defined in the bill. The taxation provisions will become effective on October 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 735"
citation: "Virginia SB 735 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf8135f-51e0-4d78-9956-f65eda96cad5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB735"
source_hash: "f9a1adf2ba304f4986855e63515338ed2f8906b95b3a62f0276cceaef1cc535f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 735 (2020) — Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms; definitions, establishes requirements.
Peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms. Establishes insurance, taxation, recordkeeping, disclosure, and safety recall requirements for peer-to-peer vehicle sharing platforms, defined in the bill. The taxation provisions will become effective on October 1, 2020.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1266)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1266)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB735ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB735ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB735H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB735H1)
4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB735ES2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB735ES2)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB735ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB735ER2)
6. **SB735S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB735S2)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N 1-A) — **141** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **90** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **944** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (88-Y 3-N) — **873** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **122** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **391** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105109D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** Impact statement from TAX (SB735)
- **2020-01-25** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB735)
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB735)
- **2020-02-03** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute printed 20107434D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Incorporates SB749 (Cosgrove)
- **2020-02-10** Incorporates SB750 (Cosgrove)
- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute printed 20108051D-S2 `substitution`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute rejected 20107434D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20108051D-S2
- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-11** Amendment by Senator Newman agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB735ES2
- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20108051D-ES2
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2020-02-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108534D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20108534D-H1
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB735H1
- **2020-02-26** Passed House with substitute (95-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-26** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Title replaced 20108534D-H1
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB735ER)
- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (88-Y 3-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (88-Y 3-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (SB735ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1266 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf8135f-51e0-4d78-9956-f65eda96cad5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).