Virginia House Bill 946 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Transportation
Pending: House Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Regulation of towing. Bans the use of spotters by tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators and requires the authorization or presence of the owner of the property from which a trespassing vehicle is being towed; the use of spotters and towing without such authorization are included as acts for which a consumer can file a complaint with the Division of Consumer Counsel at the Office of the Attorney General. The bill also includes as violations of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act prohibited acts by tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators, violations of police towing, and violations of local ordinances regulating police towing, price, and trespass towing.

Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; regulation of towing.

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Transportation
2016-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-21	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103070D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	118	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1232	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB946
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB946+hil