---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing trespassing vehicles; limitations on fees, sunset provision."
description: "Towing trespassing vehicles; limitations on fees, sunset provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1649"
citation: "Virginia HB 1649 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyatt"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-08"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37c1ff12-446e-4715-8915-858d146827c0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1649"
source_hash: "3e2a5d0326afbcb4eac816ce79f43f396bd2180383dca340151e7df0cacf3895"
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 1649 (2023) — Towing trespassing vehicles; limitations on fees, sunset provision.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0323** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0323)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106018D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1649H1)
3. **HB1649ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1649ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102265D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1649)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Defeated by Senate (19-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 45-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (9-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wyatt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102265D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1649)
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Transportation with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106018D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1649H1)
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106018D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1649H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Defeated by Senate (19-Y 19-N)
- **2023-02-21** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-22** Amendment by Senator DeSteph agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (50-Y 45-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 45-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1649ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1649ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 323 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0323)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37c1ff12-446e-4715-8915-858d146827c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).