republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-94.md

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Bill	Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts, certain solicitation.	Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts; certain solicitation and offering of services; penalty. Prohibits tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators from causing any other person to solicit or offer towing services in any manner, directly or indirectly, at the scene of any wrecked or disabled motor vehicle upon a highway when such wrecked or disabled motor vehicle reasonably necessitates removal by a tow truck. The bill provides that a violation of such prohibition constitutes a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 2 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 94	Virginia SB 94 (2024)	bill		enacted	William M. Stanley, Jr.	4	32	7	2024-01-02	2024-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/b290bb8b-1fd5-4d8a-afa3-c6fbfcb28554	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB94	fa93200b2469fc66fea9185fd9451172adf08e6d2eaf88bb18c22c885586b805	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 94 (2024) — Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts, certain solicitation.

Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts; certain solicitation and offering of services; penalty. Prohibits tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators from causing any other person to solicit or offer towing services in any manner, directly or indirectly, at the scene of any wrecked or disabled motor vehicle upon a highway when such wrecked or disabled motor vehicle reasonably necessitates removal by a tow truck. The bill provides that a violation of such prohibition constitutes a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 2 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0337 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102071D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24102071D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB94ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102071D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB94)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Transportation with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB94E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24102071D-E
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB94E)
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 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 (SB94ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB94ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 337 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0337)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b290bb8b-1fd5-4d8a-afa3-c6fbfcb28554. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).