Towing advisory boards; changes membership.
Summary
Towing advisory boards; membership. Changes the membership of a towing advisory board appointed by a local governing body to an equal number of representatives of local law-enforcement agencies, representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators, and members of the general public, specifies that such membership requirements apply to voting members, and provides that vacancies of members of the general public shall not prevent the advisory board from meeting or taking any authorized action. Under current law, the membership of such towing advisory boards consists of an equal number of representatives of local law-enforcement agencies and representatives of licensed towing and recovery operators and one member of the general public. The bill removes the requirement for the chairmanship of a towing advisory board to rotate between certain representatives and the one year term limit for such chairmanship.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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The bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 238 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the law regarding towing advisory boards remains unchanged, but the document has been updated with official approval dates and formatted for publication.
Scope change
The scope of the law itself has not changed; only the document's status and formatting have been updated to reflect its enactment.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated to reflect the official chapter number (Chapter 238) and the approval date (April 6, 2026).
The layout and spacing of the text were adjusted to match the standard format for published Virginia statutes.
Placeholder text and draft session headers were removed to finalize the official version of the act.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 16, 2026
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 39
Feb 24, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB908ER)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
committee amendments agreed to
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee offered
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Committee
Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
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