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type: "Bill"
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title: "Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information."
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description: "Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information. Provides that if an abandoned vehicle has been titled in anotherjurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles, in its search for the owner or lienholder of such vehicle, may rely on informationprovided by a business in possession of the abandoned vehicle thatacquired such vehicle from an insurance company in connection witha total loss unresolved claim, provided that such information is obtainedfrom a nationally recognized title database with access to such jurisdiction'srecords about all entities having security interest in such vehicle.The bill requires the business to defend, indemnify, and hold theDepartment and the Commonwealth harmless for damages and costs resulting from such reliance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 845"
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citation: "Virginia HB 845 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2d4ac6-fdf9-413c-9f7e-11d153bc25d5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB845"
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source_hash: "b0f033a519a0e86cc4e6a3ceae40aac28cad56920556c06cb6715d36e044836a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 845 (2024) — Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information.
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Abandoned vehicles; owner and lienholder information. Provides that if an abandoned vehicle has been titled in anotherjurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles, in its search for the owner or lienholder of such vehicle, may rely on informationprovided by a business in possession of the abandoned vehicle thatacquired such vehicle from an insurance company in connection witha total loss unresolved claim, provided that such information is obtainedfrom a nationally recognized title database with access to such jurisdiction'srecords about all entities having security interest in such vehicle.The bill requires the business to defend, indemnify, and hold theDepartment and the Commonwealth harmless for damages and costs resulting from such reliance.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0645** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0645)
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2. **HB845ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB845ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100484D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB845)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100484D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB845)
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- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-25** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-31** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB845ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB845ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 645 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0645)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2d4ac6-fdf9-413c-9f7e-11d153bc25d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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