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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 6657

AN ACT CONCERNING NONCONSENSUAL TOWING.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 5, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To (1) require the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to consider operating costs of the towing industry when establishing rates and charges for nonconsensual towing, (2) prohibit wreckers from charging for more than twenty miles of towing or transporting, (3) require wreckers to take one or more pictures of a motor vehicle prior to towing or transporting and accept payment by cash, check, credit card or debit card and provide change when appropriate, (4) require twenty-four-hour notice prior to removing a motor vehicle from private property, and (5) prohibit agreements between property owners and wreckers for the surveillance of property for the purpose of towing vehicles.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

David Michel, Robyn A. Porter, Travis Simms

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    Herron Gaston

    Its course

    February 9 to April 5, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action9 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Apr 5 · stopped55 days

    Transportation CommitteeFeb 9 to Mar 1736 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 9 – Mar 17

    1. Feb 9Introduced and sent to Transportation Committee
    2. Feb 10Heard in Transportation Committee
    3. Mar 17Transportation Committee recommended a substitute for it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Feb 9REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 10PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 17Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 20FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 5RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 5FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 5HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 5FILE NO.Both houses