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| Bill | Motor vehicle dealers; dealer records and advertisements. | Motor vehicle dealers; dealer records and advertisements. Provides that motor vehicle dealer records may be preserved in original form or electronically and removes the option to use certain obsolete archival methods. The bill removes the requirement that a dealer receive prior approval to maintain records on a computerized record keeping system. The bill additionally removes the requirement that a dealer maintain on the premises of the licensed location records regarding uninsured motor vehicle fees, which no longer exist under current law. The bill expands the application of certain naming requirements for advertisements to all advertisements placed by any licensee, rather than only to advertisements placed in newspapers and publications. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 570 | Virginia HB 570 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 570 (2026) — Motor vehicle dealers; dealer records and advertisements.
Motor vehicle dealers; dealer records and advertisements. Provides that motor vehicle dealer records may be preserved in original form or electronically and removes the option to use certain obsolete archival methods. The bill removes the requirement that a dealer receive prior approval to maintain records on a computerized record keeping system. The bill additionally removes the requirement that a dealer maintain on the premises of the licensed location records regarding uninsured motor vehicle fees, which no longer exist under current law. The bill expands the application of certain naming requirements for advertisements to all advertisements placed by any licensee, rather than only to advertisements placed in newspapers and publications.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104834D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB570)
- 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-23 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB570ER)
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-26 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB570)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 173 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3a95074-b9fa-439c-ab34-f2617e664073. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).