Virginia Senate Bill 871 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Motor vehicle dealers; franchise agreements; sale or lease of new motor vehicles. Provides that the threat to withhold incentive payments or the right to participate in incentive programs is included in the existing prohibition on any vehicle manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch coercing or attempting to coerce a dealer into entering into an agreement. The bill prohibits vehicle manufacturers, factory branches, distributors, or distributor branches from taking certain listed actions related to direct contact with buyers or lessees or coercing or requiring a dealer to allow such actions in the franchise agreement. The bill prohibits and makes void any provisions of a franchise agreement or similar agreement authorizing a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch to unilaterally amend the franchise agreement or similar agreement. The bill provides that the existing prohibition on a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch owning, operating, or controlling a motor vehicle dealership includes any dealership of a new line-make established by a manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, distributor branch, or subsidiary thereof or a company affiliated through ownership of the manufacturer, factory branch, distributor, or distributor branch of at least 25 percent of the equity of the company. The bill provides that the existing requirement that manufacturers, factory branches, distributors, or distributor branches provide the cost of initiation, update, change, or maintenance of each accessory or function of the vehicle that may be initiated, updated, changed, or maintained by the manufacturer or distributor through over-the-air or remote means shall be the cost at the time of the new motor vehicle sale.

Motor vehicle dealers; franchise agreements, sale or lease of new motor vehicles.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2023-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 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 (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0311)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 311 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-16	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB871ER)
2023-02-16	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-14	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	House	Read third time
2023-02-13	House	Read second time
2023-02-09	House	Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-25	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-24	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23101464D-E
2023-01-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB871E
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 (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2023-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101464D

HB1469 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)
HB1469 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0310)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1569	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1571	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1572	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB871
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB871+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB871E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB871ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0311+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104688A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB871AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB871F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB871FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB871FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0017+SB0871
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0084SB0871+SB0871
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0108SB0871+SB0871
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H19V0092+SB0871
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1765+SB0871