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type: "Bill"
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title: "Towing without consent of vehicle owner; prohibited acts by towing and recovery operator."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 66"
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citation: "Virginia SB 66 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark J. Peake"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-12-28"
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last_action: "2024-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab06704-fc05-4e6e-adb2-bd4484ac0239"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB66"
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source_hash: "9bb3713e1bf9f2e576d204b031ddcdd39208b2fdbb7913970ce91c3055caa7b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 66 (2024) — Towing without consent of vehicle owner; prohibited acts by towing and recovery operator.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0574** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0574)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106930D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB66S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100895D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB66)
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4. **SB66ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB66ER)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark J. Peake — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100895D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-12-28** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB66)
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- **2024-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106930D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106930D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB66S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB66S1)
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB66ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB66ER)
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ab06704-fc05-4e6e-adb2-bd4484ac0239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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