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type: "Bill"
title: "Towing fees; sets maximum towing hookup and initial towing fees."
description: "Provides that localities in Planning District 8 and Planning District 16 shall establish by ordinance a hookup and initial towing fee of no less than $135 and no more than $150. Current law authorizes such localities to set the hookup and initial towing fee at $135. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1865"
citation: "Virginia HB 1865 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Motor Vehicles", "Northern Virginia"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hyland F. \"Buddy\" Fowler, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d11ab758-5407-46c9-82af-62e437b48353"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1865"
source_hash: "13b01733aa4360b2d389f9ec15ab33655eecff543782d2e222fc9e31e9e0d3e6"
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 HB 1865 (2019) — Towing fees; sets maximum towing hookup and initial towing fees.
Provides that localities in Planning District 8 and Planning District 16 shall establish by ordinance a hookup and initial towing fee of no less than $135 and no more than $150. Current law authorizes such localities to set the hookup and initial towing fee at $135. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0460)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0460)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1865)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1865ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1865ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105967D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1865H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102198D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1865)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House — **8315** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **370** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **61** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **220** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **120** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102198D `introduction`
- **2019-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105967D-H1
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1865H1
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 460 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d11ab758-5407-46c9-82af-62e437b48353`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).