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| Bill | Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal. | Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1683 | Virginia HB 1683 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1683 (2025) — Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal.
Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102130D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2025-01-30 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106105D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Transportation Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- 2025-02-13 Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- 2025-02-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-18 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-18 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1683ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/005c988e-056c-43fe-8658-0d1b7b42bec7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).