---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing; vehicles with expired registration, civil penalty."
description: "Towing; vehicles with expired registration;civil penalty. Requires a landlord that owns the parking lotof a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to provide 48hours' notice to a resident prior to removing or requesting the removalof a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lotof the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expiredvehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to any towing operator with whom the landlord has contracted to enforcetowing in such parking lot. The bill provides that if a landlordfails to provide such notice or does not wait the required 48 hoursbefore removing or requesting the removal of the vehicle, he shallbe subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $250. The bill also prohibitstowing operators, having such notice, from towing such vehicle untilafter the 48 hours have passed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 925"
citation: "Virginia HB 925 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc9ee5f-850d-4276-80c7-98156f1464cb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB925"
source_hash: "3f395443ab6f406bb4a3ad1f89dfec53b513677eef3878e08a9097e9ed203e8d"
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 925 (2024) — Towing; vehicles with expired registration, civil penalty.

Towing; vehicles with expired registration;civil penalty. Requires a landlord that owns the parking lotof a multifamily dwelling unit, defined in the bill, to provide 48hours' notice to a resident prior to removing or requesting the removalof a resident's vehicle, defined in the bill, from such parking lotof the multifamily dwelling unit for an expired registration or expiredvehicle inspection sticker and to provide a copy of such notice to any towing operator with whom the landlord has contracted to enforcetowing in such parking lot. The bill provides that if a landlordfails to provide such notice or does not wait the required 48 hoursbefore removing or requesting the removal of the vehicle, he shallbe subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $250. The bill also prohibitstowing operators, having such notice, from towing such vehicle untilafter the 48 hours have passed.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0308)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106829D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB925H1)
3. **HB925ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB925ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105001D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB925)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) — **50–49** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N) — **51–48** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 1-N) — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Irene Shin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105001D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Reported from Transportation with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24106829D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106829D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB925H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2024-02-27** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 48-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N)
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB925ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 308 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0308)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc9ee5f-850d-4276-80c7-98156f1464cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).