republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-452.md

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Bill	Motor vehicle dealers; exam for independent dealer-operator recertification.	Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2. This bill is identical to HB 1106.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 452	Virginia SB 452 (2024)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	3	27	7	2024-01-09	2024-03-14	openstates	ocd-bill/5abe8b8a-7719-4923-9ddb-25a4d9e1d9b5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB452	9867aaf8d5f0dd808c61f3915bcf124c9c3a6d61c181d09e10ac9e4293946693	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 452 (2024) — Motor vehicle dealers; exam for independent dealer-operator recertification.

Motor vehicle dealers; independent dealer-operator recertification; exam. Permits the recertification of independent dealer-operators by passing an examination administered by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Current law provides that such recertification requires completing one live instructor-led course and passing an examination administered by the course provider. The bill also directs the Department to collect the $50 exam fee at the time the exam is administered, transmit $48 from that fee to the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board within 15 days, and retain the remaining $2. This bill is identical to HB 1106.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0085 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102044D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB452ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102044D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB452)
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB452ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB452ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-14 Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-14 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5abe8b8a-7719-4923-9ddb-25a4d9e1d9b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).