republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-66.md

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Bill	Towing without consent of vehicle owner; prohibited acts by towing and recovery operator.	Towing without consent of vehicle owner; fee.Decreases the maximum hookup and initial towing fee of any passengercar towed without the consent of its owner from $150 to $50. Thebill also prohibits an ordinance made by a governing body of anylocality for limiting towing fees from setting such limit for hookupand initial towing fee higher than statewide limits and removes theminimum fee limit for hookup and initial towing fees for such ordinancemade by localities in Planning District 8 and Planning District 16.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 66	Virginia SB 66 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mark J. Peake	4	32	6	2023-12-28	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/3ab06704-fc05-4e6e-adb2-bd4484ac0239	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB66	9bb3713e1bf9f2e576d204b031ddcdd39208b2fdbb7913970ce91c3055caa7b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 66 (2024) — Towing without consent of vehicle owner; prohibited acts by towing and recovery operator.

Towing without consent of vehicle owner; fee.Decreases the maximum hookup and initial towing fee of any passengercar towed without the consent of its owner from $150 to $50. Thebill also prohibits an ordinance made by a governing body of anylocality for limiting towing fees from setting such limit for hookupand initial towing fee higher than statewide limits and removes theminimum fee limit for hookup and initial towing fees for such ordinancemade by localities in Planning District 8 and Planning District 16.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0574 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106930D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100895D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB66ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark J. Peake — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-28 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100895D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-28 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB66)
• 2024-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106930D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106930D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB66S1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB66S1)
• 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 (SB66ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB66ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ab06704-fc05-4e6e-adb2-bd4484ac0239. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).