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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 349: Vehicle inspections; extends timeframe for new motor vehicles.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 349 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 9, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Vehicle inspections; extends timeframe for new motor vehicles. Primary sponsor: Bryce Reeves (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Finance and Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Vehicle inspections; new motor vehicles. Extends the timeframe following the first inspection of a new motor vehicle in which such vehicle must be inspected from 12 months after the first inspection to either 36 months after the first inspection or within such time as such new motor vehicle reaches a mileage of 36,000 miles. The bill provides that the inspection approval sticker provided by the Department of State Police for such new motor vehicle shall designate its validity period and directs the Department to develop, create, and distribute such new stickers.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryce ReevesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Finance and Appropriations
  2. Continued to 2025 in Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
  3. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  4. Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  5. Committee substitute printed 24105768D-S1
  6. Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
  7. Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  8. Referred to Committee on Transportation
  9. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102014D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source