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| Bill | Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information. | Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information. Provides that if an abandoned vehicle has been titled in anotherjurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles, in its search for the owner or lienholder of such vehicle, may rely on informationprovided by a business in possession of the abandoned vehicle thatacquired such vehicle from an insurance company in connection witha total loss unresolved claim, provided that such information is obtainedfrom a nationally recognized title database with access to such jurisdiction'srecords about all entities having security interest in such vehicle.The bill requires the business to defend, indemnify, and hold theDepartment and the Commonwealth harmless for damages and costs resulting from such reliance. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 845 | Virginia HB 845 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 845 (2024) — Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information.
Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information. Provides that if an abandoned vehicle has been titled in anotherjurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles, in its search for the owner or lienholder of such vehicle, may rely on informationprovided by a business in possession of the abandoned vehicle thatacquired such vehicle from an insurance company in connection witha total loss unresolved claim, provided that such information is obtainedfrom a nationally recognized title database with access to such jurisdiction'srecords about all entities having security interest in such vehicle.The bill requires the business to defend, indemnify, and hold theDepartment and the Commonwealth harmless for damages and costs resulting from such reliance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0645 (committee substitute) — source
- HB845ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100484D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100484D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2024-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2024-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB845)
- 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2024-01-25 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2024-02-15 Reported from Transportation (15-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 (HB845ER)
passage - 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB845ER)
- 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 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 - 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 645 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad2d4ac6-fdf9-413c-9f7e-11d153bc25d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).