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CS/CS/HB 1237: Towing and Immobilizing Vehicles and Vessels

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Business and Professions Subcommittee ; McClain ; Ponder ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Roth

Towing and Immobilizing Vehicles and Vessels; Authorizes local governments to enact rates to tow vessels on private property & remove & store vessels; prohibits counties or municipalities from enacting ordinances imposing costs or penalties on owners, persons in control, or lienholders of vehicles or vessels or that require wrecker operators or towing businesses to accept specified form of payment; authorizes persons to place liens on vehicles or vessels to recover fees or charges; removes requirement regarding notices & signs concerning towing or removal of vehicles & vessels & liability for attorney fees; prohibits counties or municipalities from authorizing attorney fees in connection with towing activities & preempts to state regulation of such fees.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Infrastructure and Security (IS)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/1/2019 House • Filed
    3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 125
    3/8/2019 House • Referred to Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Business and Professions Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee -HJ 377
    3/15/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 8:00 am, 12 HOB
    3/19/2019 House • Favorable by Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -HJ 448
    • Now in Business and Professions Subcommittee -HJ 448
    3/22/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Business and Professions Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Webster Hall
    3/26/2019 House • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 538
    3/28/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Business and Professions Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 535
    3/29/2019 House • Now in State Affairs Committee -HJ 551
    4/8/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- State Affairs Committee, 04/10/19, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
    4/10/2019 House • CS/CS by- State Affairs Committee; YEAS 20 NAYS 1 -HJ 634
    • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS/CS by State Affairs Committee read 1st time -HJ 629
    4/11/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 672
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
    4/17/2019 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 711
    • Read 2nd time -HJ 720, 721
    • Amendment(s) adopted (560115, 759219, 977681) -HJ 721
    • Read 3rd time -HJ 721
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 83 NAYS 31 -HJ 722
    4/23/2019 Senate • In Messages
    4/24/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Infrastructure and Security; Rules -SJ 467
    • Received -SJ 467
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Community Affairs

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  • CS/CS/HB 1237, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/17/2019 at 7:33 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1792 (c2) Towing of Vehicles and Vessels Gruters Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.01047 Page 3 (pdf)
    166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 7 (pdf)
    166.04465 Page 8 (pdf)
    323.002 County and municipal wrecker operator systems; penalties for operation outside of system. Page 9 (pdf)
    713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels. Page 11 (pdf)
    715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing. Page 12 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/HB 1237, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/10/2019 at 3:57 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1792 (c2) Towing of Vehicles and Vessels Gruters Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    560115 - Amendment
    Remove lines 97-101 and insert:     		McClain 4/12/2019
    3:12 PM     		House: Adopted
    4/17/2019     		PDF
    977681 - Amendment
    Remove lines 166-193 and insert:     		McClain 4/12/2019
    2:28 PM     		House: Adopted as Amended
    4/17/2019     		PDF
    hierarchy 759219 - Amendment to Amendment (977681)
    Remove line 5 of the amendment and insert:     		McClain 4/12/2019
    4:40 PM     		House: Adopted
    4/17/2019     		PDF

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/17/2019 4:20 PM House 83 Yeas - 31 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.01047 Page 3 (pdf)
    166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.04465 Page 6 (pdf)
    323.002 County and municipal wrecker operator systems; penalties for operation outside of system. Page 7 (pdf)
    713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels. Page 8 (pdf)
    715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing. Page 9 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 1237, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/28/2019 at 10:28 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   State Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/10/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1792 (c2) Towing of Vehicles and Vessels Gruters Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (5)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    411273 - Amendment
    Remove lines 184-186 and insert:     		McClain 4/9/2019
    6:30 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    4/10/2019     		PDF
    754387 - Amendment
    Remove line 370 and insert:     		McClain 4/9/2019
    12:59 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    4/10/2019     		PDF
    367313 - Amendment
    Remove lines 378-387 and insert:     		McClain 4/9/2019
    6:30 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    4/10/2019     		PDF
    048617 - Amendment
    Remove lines 388-393 and insert:     		McClain 4/9/2019
    12:59 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    4/10/2019     		PDF
    hierarchy 186235 - Amendment to Amendment (048617)
    Remove lines 9-11 of the amendment and insert:     		McClain 4/9/2019
    6:30 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    4/10/2019     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.01047 Page 3 (pdf)
    166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.04465 Page 6 (pdf)
    323.002 County and municipal wrecker operator systems; penalties for operation outside of system. Page 7 (pdf)
    713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels. Page 8 (pdf)
    715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing. Page 9 (pdf)

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  • HB 1237, Original Filed Version Posted 3/1/2019 at 4:30 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/19/2019 (pdf)
    Business and Professions Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/27/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1792 (c1) Towing and Immobilizing of Vehicles and Vessels Gruters Similar Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Rules Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    058631 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		McClain 3/25/2019
    6:43 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    3/27/2019     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (8)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.0103 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 3 (pdf)
    125.01047 Page 4 (pdf)
    166.043 Ordinances and rules imposing price controls; findings required; procedures. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.04465 Page 6 (pdf)
    323.002 County and municipal wrecker operator systems; penalties for operation outside of system. Page 7 (pdf)
    713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels. Page 8 (pdf)
    715.07 Vehicles or vessels parked on private property; towing. Page 9 (pdf)
    715.08 Page 16 (pdf)

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