republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-191.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise.	Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changesthe deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealershipfrom 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transferto 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposedsale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from thedealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transferbased on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experienceis a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based onother applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants forsale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 191	Virginia HB 191 (2024)	bill		enacted	Terry L. Austin	5	37	8	2024-01-03	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/a3b315cf-fbf3-4bcd-9ab7-496ac0aa3501	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB191	5ef833d931f98983e3a6449308b5a250ff94a5edd6c151a245c60708f693fa55	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 191 (2024) — Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise.

Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changesthe deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealershipfrom 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transferto 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposedsale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from thedealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transferbased on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experienceis a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based onother applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants forsale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0804 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105927D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB191ER (committee substitute) — source
4. HB191ER2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100909D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Terry L. Austin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100909D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24105927D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24105927D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB191H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB191ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB191ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB191ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 804 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3b315cf-fbf3-4bcd-9ab7-496ac0aa3501. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).