republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-216.md

---
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 HB 259."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Virginia SB 216 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7ded7fc-8f4b-41d6-a7df-c6ccd38bae74"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB216"
source_hash: "349a10b19a1afa81c201d6a0861c0cb459708ab52c7d763100016d2bc345fad9"
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 SB 216 (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 HB 259.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0715** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0715)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105346D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB216S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101873D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB216)
4. **SB216ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB216ER)
5. **SB216ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB216ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101873D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105346D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22105346D-S1
- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB216S1
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-03-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB216ER)
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **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** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (SB216ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 715 (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/b7ded7fc-8f4b-41d6-a7df-c6ccd38bae74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).