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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise."
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description: "Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changesthe deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealershipfrom 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transferto 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposedsale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from thedealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transferbased on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experienceis a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based onother applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants forsale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct."
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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: "SB 534"
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citation: "Virginia SB 534 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96c3aea-9fbf-4519-a60a-076694e55e52"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB534"
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source_hash: "45ac025f065d385f7e1baeb96cf9e410a31d0e900e20b37f8f3f450c2481c500"
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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 SB 534 (2024) — Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise.
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Motor vehicle dealers; sale of franchise. Changesthe deadline for a vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch to reject the sale or transfer of a dealershipfrom 30 days prior to the effective date of the sale or transferto 60 days from the receipt of notice from the dealer of the proposedsale or transfer and lists requirements for such notice from thedealer. The bill provides that an objection to a sale or transferbased on an applicant's years of motor dealer management experienceis a reasonable objection but removes the right to object based onother applicant qualifications. The bill further provides that a franchisor's consent to a relocation of a business cannot be unreasonably withheld. Finally, the bill entitles dealers and applicants forsale or transfer to damages if a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor,or distributor branch willfully engages in prohibited conduct.
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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. **CHAP0791** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0791)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106300D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB534S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101314D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB534)
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4. **SB534ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB534ER)
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5. **SB534ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB534ER2)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101314D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-25** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-25** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute printed 24106300D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 24106300D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB534S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB534ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB534ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2024-04-17** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-04-17** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Reenrolled bill text (SB534ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2024-04-17** Enacted, Chapter 791 (effective 7/1/24) `became-law`
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- **2024-04-17** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0791)
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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/d96c3aea-9fbf-4519-a60a-076694e55e52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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