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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Towing and recovery operators; attorney fees and costs."
description: "Towing and recovery operators; attorney fees and costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2392"
citation: "Virginia HB 2392 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c3260c7-bf5c-46c6-8afc-f2074d333815"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2392"
source_hash: "2e84e5469d27529dca1bc2afbdd1169cca35ab59cf7c1eacb5299cbf5bf8c39c"
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 2392 (2023) — Towing and recovery operators; attorney fees and costs.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0198)
2. **HB2392ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2392ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23101523D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2392)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101523D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2392E)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Austin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 23101523D `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2392E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23101523D-E
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2392ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c3260c7-bf5c-46c6-8afc-f2074d333815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).