republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-261.md

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Bill	Towed vehicles; stolen or misused vehicle, police report.	Towed vehicles; stolen or misused vehicle; police report. Requires the owner of a vehicle that was stolen, illegally used, or used without his permission and subsequently subject to a law-enforcement initiated tow to provide the report number and the name of the law-enforcement agency receiving the report that the motor vehicle was stolen, illegally used, or used without his permission to the towing facility where the vehicle is being stored in order to remove the vehicle without paying towing and storage fees.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 261	Virginia SB 261 (2024)	bill		enacted	Bill DeSteph	4	30	7	2024-01-09	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/37487c3e-3dc0-4006-a34c-0e63bf3292dd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB261	1125b3d8e6a0e54916f4215213e34e1de40f19b6e1fe97532e7e732154435468	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 261 (2024) — Towed vehicles; stolen or misused vehicle, police report.

Towed vehicles; stolen or misused vehicle; police report. Requires the owner of a vehicle that was stolen, illegally used, or used without his permission and subsequently subject to a law-enforcement initiated tow to provide the report number and the name of the law-enforcement agency receiving the report that the motor vehicle was stolen, illegally used, or used without his permission to the towing facility where the vehicle is being stored in order to remove the vehicle without paying towing and storage fees.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0232 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101779D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24101779D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB261ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101779D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB261E
• 2024-02-06 Printed as engrossed 24101779D-E
• 2024-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB261ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 232 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0232)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/37487c3e-3dc0-4006-a34c-0e63bf3292dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).