republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-215.md

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Bill	Electronic vehicle titling and registration; permits DMV to expand existing program.	Electronic vehicle titling and registration. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to expand the existing electronic titling program for new motor vehicles to all applications for original motor vehicle titles, thereby authorizing person-to-person online titling. The bill authorizes the Department to charge certain fees. The bill also allows for the online registration of such motor vehicles, allows for the issuance of a temporary certificate of registration valid for no more than 30 days, and makes discretionary the current requirement to search a nationally recognized motor vehicle title database prior to transfer of vehicle ownership.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 215	Virginia SB 215 (2022)	bill		enacted	Jeremy S. McPike	4	33	8	2022-01-10	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6d155392-7605-4a54-9683-9c3cfa50b50e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB215	9a9939f12c8775a964d98b742a31fe173d20398e9f9f3744d2ce9cc291cc5d96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 215 (2022) — Electronic vehicle titling and registration; permits DMV to expand existing program.

Electronic vehicle titling and registration. Permits the Department of Motor Vehicles to expand the existing electronic titling program for new motor vehicles to all applications for original motor vehicle titles, thereby authorizing person-to-person online titling. The bill authorizes the Department to charge certain fees. The bill also allows for the online registration of such motor vehicles, allows for the issuance of a temporary certificate of registration valid for no more than 30 days, and makes discretionary the current requirement to search a nationally recognized motor vehicle title database prior to transfer of vehicle ownership.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0701 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102212D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 22102212D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB215ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102212D introduction
• 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB215)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-27 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Reading of amendments waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB215E
• 2022-02-10 Printed as engrossed 22102212D-E
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-18 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Enrolled
• 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB215E)
• 2022-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB215ER)
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 701 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d155392-7605-4a54-9683-9c3cfa50b50e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).