---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing and recovery operators; vehicle storage."
description: "Towing and recovery operators; vehicle storage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1516"
citation: "Virginia HB 1516 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, D.M."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d91bdbd-261c-42cb-8e30-4d510c235e7e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1516"
source_hash: "8bc25424d95e3b2f4545829d1aefd2828e9981c1f3c8388c78f6bd2d00760469"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1516 (2023) — Towing and recovery operators; vehicle storage.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0600** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0600)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104731D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1516H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106538D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1516S1)
4. **HB1516ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1516ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101940D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1516)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams, D.M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101940D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (4-Y 4-N) `committee-failure`
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1516)
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with substitute (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23104731D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1516H1)
- **2023-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 23104731D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1516H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106538D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 23106538D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1516S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1516S1)
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106538D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1516ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1516ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 600 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0600)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d91bdbd-261c-42cb-8e30-4d510c235e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).