---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing fees; raises to $30 additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle at night, etc."
description: "Towing fees. The bill raises from $25 to$30 the additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle atnight, on weekends, or on a holiday. The bill requires localitiesin Planning District 8 and Planning District 16 to set such additionalfee at between $25 and $30. Current law requires such localitiesto set such additional fee at $25."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Virginia HB 1511 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f31877-cb96-4b5f-8b5a-f4528c3f662e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1511"
source_hash: "673fc98bd26032eedc412e46bce2b0541df97792eaf6ec815b7dab3aafe577fe"
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 1511 (2020) — Towing fees; raises to $30 additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle at night, etc.

Towing fees. The bill raises from $25 to$30 the additional fee that can be charged for towing a vehicle atnight, on weekends, or on a holiday. The bill requires localitiesin Planning District 8 and Planning District 16 to set such additionalfee at between $25 and $30. Current law requires such localitiesto set such additional fee at $25.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0031)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0031)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1511)
3. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1511ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1511ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) — **49–48** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20104626D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Motor Vehicles `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-05** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N)
- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported from Transportation (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- **2020-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f31877-cb96-4b5f-8b5a-f4528c3f662e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).