republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-534.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	SB 534	Virginia SB 534 (2024)	bill		enacted	Lamont Bagby	5	37	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/d96c3aea-9fbf-4519-a60a-076694e55e52	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB534	45ac025f065d385f7e1baeb96cf9e410a31d0e900e20b37f8f3f450c2481c500	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 534 (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. CHAP0791 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106300D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101314D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB534ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB534ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamont Bagby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101314D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24106300D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 24106300D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB534S1 substitution
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 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 (SB534ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB534ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-05 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB534ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d96c3aea-9fbf-4519-a60a-076694e55e52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).