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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tow truck drivers; prohibited acts, employing unregistered tow truck drivers."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 455"
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citation: "Virginia SB 455 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efe8bb53-74d7-4ab1-925f-c4898e9d435f"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB455"
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source_hash: "c4b6403892722fb2136211bd4cc681d173b20b731f200a2870626bc7b72275e2"
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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 455 (2026) — Tow truck drivers; prohibited acts, employing unregistered tow truck drivers.
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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.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090346.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218142.PDF)
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3. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1106041.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1209884.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100931D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
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- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Committee substitute printed 26106632D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-02** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Transportation Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
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- **2026-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from Transportation (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB455ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB455)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)
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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/efe8bb53-74d7-4ab1-925f-c4898e9d435f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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