HB1960
Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; civil penalty for improper towing.
Summary
As Enacted. Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; requirements; penalties.
Creates a civil penalty of $150 to be paid into the Literary Fund for any tow truck driver or towing and recovery operator convicted of improperly towing in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). The bill exempts tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators in Planning District 8 from any ... (More) requirement by a towing advisory board for written authorization in addition to a written contract in the event that a vehicle is being removed from private property. The bill requires that a tow truck driver in Planning District 8 immediately notify the animal control office in the locality from which the vehicle is being towed if the vehicle is occupied by a companion animal. The bill limits the membership of a local towing advisory board to only representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators, and one member of the general public and requires the chairmanship of any towing advisory board within Planning District 8 to rotate annually between board members who represent a licensed towing and recovery operator, a local law-enforcement agency, and the general public. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/10/2017 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101900D
- 01/10/2017 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/17/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1960)
- 01/17/2017 - House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/30/2017 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2017 - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/2017 - House: Committee substitute printed 17104664D-H1
- 02/03/2017 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2017 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104664D-H1
- 02/06/2017 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1960H1
- 02/07/2017 - House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N)
- 02/07/2017 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 28-N)
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2017 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/15/2017 - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendment (10-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/2017 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/20/2017 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N)
- 02/21/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/2017 - House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 31-N)
- 02/21/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (66-Y 31-N)
- 02/24/2017 - House: Enrolled
- 02/24/2017 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1960ER)
- 02/24/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/24/2017 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/27/2017 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1960ER)
- 02/28/2017 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- 02/28/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/24/2017 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/05/2017 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/05/2017 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendment #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/2017 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/05/2017 - House: House rejected Governor's recommendation to Amendment #1 (33-Y 67-N)
- 04/05/2017 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (33-Y 67-N)
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 (39-Y 1-N)
- 04/05/2017 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
- 04/05/2017 - House: Reenrolled
- 04/05/2017 - House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1960ER2)
- 04/05/2017 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/05/2017 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/05/2017 - House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/05/2017 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
- 04/26/2017 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 825 (effective 7/1/17)
- 04/26/2017 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825)
