republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-259.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance.	Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance obligations. Provides that manufacturer or distributor compensated parts, service, diagnostic work, and updates to a vehicle accessory or function are subject to compensation related to recall and warranty. The bill excludes certain parts and services from consideration in calculating recall and warranty compensation and clarifies what is required of manufacturers and dealers in compensating motor vehicle dealers for recall and warranty parts and service. This bill is identical to SB 216.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 259	Virginia HB 259 (2022)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Wyatt	5	36	8	2022-01-11	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/cf547976-9bca-45eb-b2d7-0651037f01f1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB259	a486dbb7e4759b6267599a43ab1823cc743faf6ee296aebfa3ac13e5536bdea4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 259 (2022) — Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance.

Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance obligations. Provides that manufacturer or distributor compensated parts, service, diagnostic work, and updates to a vehicle accessory or function are subject to compensation related to recall and warranty. The bill excludes certain parts and services from consideration in calculating recall and warranty compensation and clarifies what is required of manufacturers and dealers in compensating motor vehicle dealers for recall and warranty parts and service. This bill is identical to SB 216.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0752 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105039D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB259ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB259ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102121D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102121D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Committee substitute printed 22105039D-H1 substitution
• 2022-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22105039D-H1
• 2022-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB259H1
• 2022-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-17 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-24 Enrolled
• 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-25 Signed by President
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
• 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-03-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB259ER)
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2022-04-27 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (HB259ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 752 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf547976-9bca-45eb-b2d7-0651037f01f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).