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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal."
description: "Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1683"
citation: "Virginia HB 1683 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briana D. Sewell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-03"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/005c988e-056c-43fe-8658-0d1b7b42bec7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1683"
source_hash: "e5185608d67d7952c01e055c0733edd804266c37c7805d6d0b6b5344ccc03250"
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 1683 (2025) — Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs, right of first refusal.
Motor vehicle dealers; recall and warranty costs; right of first refusal. Clarifies various requirements for the reimbursement of motor vehicle dealers for costs related to vehicle recalls and warranties. The bill also clarifies the timeline for a manufacturer or distributor to notify a dealer that it is exercising its right of first refusal related to the sale or transfer of a dealership. This bill is identical to SB 1308.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012623.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1077688.PDF)
3. **Transportation Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031240.PDF)
4. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1037720.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060990.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **71** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Briana D. Sewell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102130D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned Trans sub: Department of Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106105D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Transportation Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1683ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1683)
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 546 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/005c988e-056c-43fe-8658-0d1b7b42bec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).