Virginia Senate Bill 815 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 24 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; definitions. Expands the definition of "motor vehicle" in the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act to include a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds that is bought or used primarily for business purposes by a person or certain legal business entities to which not more than five motor vehicles are registered. The bill expands the definition of "consumer" to include the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or the lessee, of a motor vehicle used primarily for business purposes if the purchaser or lessee is a person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity to which not more than five motor vehicles are registered. The bill also adds electronic mail communications to the definition of "notify" or "notification" in the Act. Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; definitions. Expands the definition of "motor vehicle" in the Virginia Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act to include a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds that is bought or used primarily for business purposes by a person or certain legal business entities to which not more than five motor vehicles are registered. The bill expands the definition of "consumer" to include the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or the lessee, of a motor vehicle used primarily for business purposes if the purchaser or lessee is a person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity to which not more than five motor vehicles are registered. The bill also adds electronic mail communications to the definition of "notify" or "notification" in the Act.

Va. Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; expands definition of motor vehicle, clarifies consumer.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) (Y: 27 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments (7-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 7 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned sub: Special Subcommittee #5
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-25	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23100591D-E
2023-01-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB815E
2023-01-24	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-01-24	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-01-24	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Reported from Transportation with amendments (7-Y 6-N 1-A)
2022-12-15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2022-12-15	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100591D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	207.11	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	207.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB815
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB815+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB815E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23103716A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB815AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB815F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB815FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0018+SB0815
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0084SB0815+SB0815
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0109SB0815+SB0815
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H2305V0007+SB0815