republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-705.md

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Bill	Towing; certain large vehicles, civil penalty.	Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 705	Virginia SB 705 (2022)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	4	32	8	2022-01-21	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/d018dd94-368c-4c1b-b788-6b31aa25a4ca	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB705	5df8226bec152c3ead9417557b0361a35a5481fc992c82e0549419b4cc25a63d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 705 (2022) — Towing; certain large vehicles, civil penalty.

Towing; civil penalty. Requires a towing and recovery operator to include the contact information of the Division of Consumer Counsel within the Office of the Attorney General on any invoice charging $10,000 or more for towing and recovery services rendered pursuant to a lawful request for towing by a law-enforcement officer for the towing and recovery of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 26,000 pounds. The bill subjects towing and recovery operators in violation of the bill's provisions to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0567 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105882D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 22103299D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB705ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (69-Y 31-N) — 68–31 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22103299D introduction
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB705)
• 2022-02-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-03 Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Committee substitute printed 22105882D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB705S1)
• 2022-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22105882D-S1
• 2022-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB705S1
• 2022-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-09 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 Highway Safety and Policy referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Passed House (69-Y 31-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 31-N)
• 2022-03-04 Enrolled
• 2022-03-04 Signed by President
• 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB705ER)
• 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d018dd94-368c-4c1b-b788-6b31aa25a4ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).