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| Bill | Mechanics and storage liens; vehicle data. | Mechanics and storage liens; abandoned vehicles; vehicle records. Removes the requirement that the Department of Motor Vehicles, when searching for owner or lienholder information for a vehicle titled in another jurisdiction for (i) the enforcement of a mechanic's or storage lien or (ii) determining ownership of an abandoned vehicle, ascertain such information by contacting the other jurisdiction. The bill retains the requirement that the Department ascertain such information upon initiation of a search by the bailee or person in possession of an abandoned vehicle. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 595 | Virginia SB 595 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 595 (2026) — Mechanics and storage liens; vehicle data.
Mechanics and storage liens; abandoned vehicles; vehicle records. Removes the requirement that the Department of Motor Vehicles, when searching for owner or lienholder information for a vehicle titled in another jurisdiction for (i) the enforcement of a mechanic's or storage lien or (ii) determining ownership of an abandoned vehicle, ascertain such information by contacting the other jurisdiction. The bill retains the requirement that the Department ascertain such information upon initiation of a search by the bailee or person in possession of an abandoned vehicle.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Senator DeSteph Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Transportation — 11–3 (pass) · upper
- Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 29–11 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 81–17 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101286D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB595)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation (11-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-04 Floor offered Senator DeSteph Substitute
- 2026-02-04 Floor substitute printed 26107129D-S1 (DeSteph)
- 2026-02-04 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate
- 2026-02-05 Reading of amendment waived (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-05 Senator DeSteph Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-05 Reading of substitute waived
- 2026-02-05 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB595)
- 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Department of Motor Vehicles
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Transportation (18-Y 3-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (81-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB595ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB595)
- 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 826 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ea6096a-34ff-43e6-90d2-0f980930cf23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).