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SB00367

Law Creating a Group to Study Towing Safety

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 6:19 AM

In one sentence

This law creates a working group to study safety issues for tow truck drivers and evaluate rules about their vehicle lights.

What it does

  • Creates a new working group to look at roadside safety problems involving wreckers and towing professionals.
  • Requires the group to study what colors and types of lights should be allowed on wrecker vehicles.
  • Asks the group to find ways to better protect tow truck drivers while they work near broken-down cars.
  • Sets a deadline for the first meeting within 60 days after the law takes effect.
  • Requires the group to submit a final report with findings and recommendations by January 1, 2027.

Who it affects

  • Towing and recovery professionals who work on roadsides.
  • The chairpersons of the joint standing committee for public safety and security in the General Assembly.
  • State commissioners for Emergency Services and Transportation.
  • Organizations that represent towing workers in the state.

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not say exactly what rules will change until the group finishes its study.
  • The specific calendar date when this section takes effect is listed as 'from passage' but no exact day is provided in the text.
  • The working group ends after it submits its report or on January 1, 2027, whichever happens later.

Plain language

Terms to know

Working group
A temporary team formed to study a specific problem and make suggestions.
Wreckers
Vehicles used by professionals to tow or recover disabled cars from the road.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

To establish a working group to study roadside safety concerns associated with wreckers and towing and recovery professionals.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Transmitted to the Secretary of State
  3. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
  4. Special Act 26-26LCO
  5. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
  6. House Calendar Number 574
  7. Rules Suspended
  8. House Passed
  9. In Concurrence
  10. Senate Passed
  11. On Consent Calendar
  12. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  13. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  14. Senate Calendar Number 180
  15. File Number 225LCO
  16. Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PMLCO
  17. Joint FavorablePS
  18. Filed with Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  19. Public Hearing 03/05
  20. Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security