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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance."
description: "Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance obligations. Provides that manufacturer or distributor compensated parts, service, diagnostic work, and updates to a vehicle accessory or function are subject to compensation related to recall and warranty. The bill excludes certain parts and services from consideration in calculating recall and warranty compensation and clarifies what is required of manufacturers and dealers in compensating motor vehicle dealers for recall and warranty parts and service. This bill is identical to SB 216."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Virginia HB 259 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Wyatt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf547976-9bca-45eb-b2d7-0651037f01f1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB259"
source_hash: "a486dbb7e4759b6267599a43ab1823cc743faf6ee296aebfa3ac13e5536bdea4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 259 (2022) — Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance.
Motor vehicle dealers and manufacturers; compensation for recall, warranty, and maintenance obligations. Provides that manufacturer or distributor compensated parts, service, diagnostic work, and updates to a vehicle accessory or function are subject to compensation related to recall and warranty. The bill excludes certain parts and services from consideration in calculating recall and warranty compensation and clarifies what is required of manufacturers and dealers in compensating motor vehicle dealers for recall and warranty parts and service. This bill is identical to SB 216.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0752** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0752)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105039D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB259H1)
3. **HB259ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB259ER)
4. **HB259ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB259ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102121D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB259)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Scott A. Wyatt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102121D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1 Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105039D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22105039D-H1
- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB259H1
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB259ER)
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB259ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 752 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf547976-9bca-45eb-b2d7-0651037f01f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).