republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1960.md

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Bill	Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; civil penalty for improper towing.	Creates a civil penalty of $150 to be paid into the Literary Fund for any tow truck driver or towing and recovery operator convicted of improperly towing in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). The bill exempts tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators in Planning District 8 from any requirement by a towing advisory board for written authorization in addition to a written contract in the event that a vehicle is being removed from private property. The bill requires that a tow truck driver in Planning District 8 immediately notify the animal control office in the locality from which the vehicle is being towed if the vehicle is occupied by a companion animal. The bill limits the membership of a local towing advisory board to only representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators, and one member of the general public and requires the chairmanship of any towing advisory board within Planning District 8 to rotate annually between board members who represent a licensed towing and recovery operator, a local law-enforcement agency, and the general public.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1960	Virginia HB 1960 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles Northern Virginia	enacted	Timothy D. Hugo	5	33	10	2017-01-10	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/e36cf040-c66e-4396-96c3-549d2571f450	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1960	c60b361dde3b4f677d1dd2af43048bfe5945b42e00313cbb5fc29917f5e27cf5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1960 (2017) — Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; civil penalty for improper towing.

Creates a civil penalty of $150 to be paid into the Literary Fund for any tow truck driver or towing and recovery operator convicted of improperly towing in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). The bill exempts tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators in Planning District 8 from any requirement by a towing advisory board for written authorization in addition to a written contract in the event that a vehicle is being removed from private property. The bill requires that a tow truck driver in Planning District 8 immediately notify the animal control office in the locality from which the vehicle is being towed if the vehicle is occupied by a companion animal. The bill limits the membership of a local towing advisory board to only representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators, and one member of the general public and requires the chairmanship of any towing advisory board within Planning District 8 to rotate annually between board members who represent a licensed towing and recovery operator, a local law-enforcement agency, and the general public.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0825) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1960ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104664D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101900D (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1960ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendment #2 — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 66–31 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 68–28 (pass) · legislature
• House rejected Governor's recommendation to Amendment #1 — 33–67 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 31–9 (pass) · legislature
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #2 — 39–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with amendment — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 6–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Timothy D. Hugo — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101900D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104664D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1960H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (66-Y 31-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-04-05 House concurred in Governor's recommendation to Amendment #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2017-04-05 House rejected Governor's recommendation to Amendment #1 (33-Y 67-N)
• 2017-04-05 Governor's recommendation adopted in-part
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Reenrolled bill text (HB1960ER2)
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2017-04-05 Communicated to Governor
• 2017-04-05 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 825 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e36cf040-c66e-4396-96c3-549d2571f450. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).