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Bill Tow truck drivers; prohibited acts, employing unregistered tow truck drivers. Tow truck drivers; registration. Prohibits towing and recovery operators from employing tow truck drivers who are not registered with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, as required under current law. The bill also limits the requirement that a registered tow truck driver have his registration in his possession when driving a tow truck to when such driving is for hire. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 455 Virginia SB 455 (2026)
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Virginia SB 455 (2026) — Tow truck drivers; prohibited acts, employing unregistered tow truck drivers.

Tow truck drivers; registration. Prohibits towing and recovery operators from employing tow truck drivers who are not registered with the Department of Criminal Justice Services, as required under current law. The bill also limits the requirement that a registered tow truck driver have his registration in his possession when driving a tow truck to when such driving is for hire.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Transportation Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Transportation with substitute — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 210 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 990 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100931D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
  • 2026-01-29 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-02 Committee substitute printed 26106632D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-02 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-03 Transportation Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
  • 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-09 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-09 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2026-02-20 Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) referral-committee
  • 2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-03-05 Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-10 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB455ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
  • 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efe8bb53-74d7-4ab1-925f-c4898e9d435f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).