Virginia House Bill 1012 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2008 - 100% progression
Action: 2008-03-14 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)

Towing. Allows tow trucks to use crossovers on controlled-access highways when providing a public safety towing and recovery service under the direction of a law-enforcement agency. Additionally, the bill repeals the provision that allows insurance company agents and persons subject to a vehicle security interest to have vehicles that have been towed as the result of a police-towing request to be towed to another location ("secondary tow"). The bill also allows the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators to promulgate regulations specifying additional training or conditions for individuals seeking tow truck authorization documents. The bill, further, exempts from the requirement that tow truck operators have tow truck authorization documents issued by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators tow trucks that are (i) towing vehicles from origins in another state and are passing through the Commonwealth to destinations outside the Commonwealth, or (ii) towing vehicles from origins in another state to destinations in the Commonwealth, or (iii) not engaged to towed vehicles by physical, mechanical means that cause the towed vehicle to be moved or lifted off the ground. Finally, the bill provides that a person cannot not be refused a license or a tow truck driver authorization document by the Board for Towing and Recovery Operators solely because of a prior criminal conviction, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the towing and recovery of vehicles and safety of the users of the services offered by such licensee or holder of a tow truck authorization document. This bill incorporates

Towing; regulations for those seeking tow truck authorization documents and provisional changes.

Del. Timothy Hugo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-03-14		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0470)
2008-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/08)
2008-03-02		Senate: Signed by President
2008-02-28		House: Signed by Speaker
2008-02-28		House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1012ER)
2008-02-28		House: Enrolled
2008-02-26		House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N)
2008-02-26		House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N)
2008-02-25		House: Passed by for the day
2008-02-22		House: Passed by for the day
2008-02-21		House: Passed by for the day
2008-02-20		House: Placed on Calendar
2008-02-19		Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N)
2008-02-19		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
2008-02-19		Senate: Amendments by Senator Watkins agreed to
2008-02-19		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2008-02-19		Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
2008-02-19		Senate: Reading of amendment waived
2008-02-19		Senate: Read third time
2008-02-18		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2008-02-14		Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2008-02-06		Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
2008-02-06		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2008-02-05		House: Communicated to Senate
2008-02-05		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2008-02-05		House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2008-02-04		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1012H1
2008-02-04		House: Committee substitute agreed to 083541548-H1
2008-02-04		House: Read second time
2008-02-01		House: Read first time
2008-01-31		House: Committee substitute printed 083541548-H1
2008-01-31		House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-18		House: Assigned Transportation sub: 2
2008-01-08		House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
2008-01-08		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083451548

HB581 (Similar To) 2008-01-31 - House: Incorporated by Transportation (HB1012-Hugo) by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB1012