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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tow truck drivers and towing and recovery operators; prohibited acts, certain solicitation."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "Virginia SB 94 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b290bb8b-1fd5-4d8a-afa3-c6fbfcb28554"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB94"
source_hash: "fa93200b2469fc66fea9185fd9451172adf08e6d2eaf88bb18c22c885586b805"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0337)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102071D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB94)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24102071D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB94E)
4. **SB94ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB94ER)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b290bb8b-1fd5-4d8a-afa3-c6fbfcb28554`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).