Virginia Senate Bill 705 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation. Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation.

Towing; certain large vehicles, civil penalty.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2022-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 31-N) (Y: 69 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567)
2022-04-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/22)
2022-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
2022-03-11	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
2022-03-04	House	Signed by Speaker
2022-03-04	Senate	Signed by President
2022-03-04	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB705ER)
2022-03-04	Senate	Enrolled
2022-03-01	House	VOTE: Passage (69-Y 31-N)
2022-03-01	House	Passed House (69-Y 31-N)
2022-03-01	House	Read third time
2022-02-28	House	Read second time
2022-02-24	House	Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N)
2022-02-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
2022-02-21	House	Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy
2022-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2022-02-21	House	Read first time
2022-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-09	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2022-02-09	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2022-02-09	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A)
2022-02-08	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB705S1
2022-02-08	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 22105882D-S1
2022-02-08	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2022-02-08	Senate	Read second time
2022-02-07	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2022-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute printed 22105882D-S1
2022-02-03	Senate	Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2022-01-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2022-01-21	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 22103299D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	517	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	118	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	118.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	119	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1209.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1212	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	1213	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	644.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB705
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB705+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB705S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB705ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0567+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22105882D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB705F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB705FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB705FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S11V0038+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0256SB0705+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0282SB0705+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0283SB0705+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0284SB0705+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1903V0023+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H19V0086+SB0705
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+HV1317+SB0705