SB00367 • 2026

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY ROADSIDE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH WRECKERS AND TOWING AND RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Public Safety and Security Committee
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact calendar date of passage is not included in the provided official text, so the specific start date for the 60-day meeting window cannot be calculated from this source alone.

Law Creating a Group to Study Towing Safety

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

What This Bill 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 Names or 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.

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.

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.

Bill History

2026-06-04 Connecticut General Assembly
Signed by the Governor
2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly
Transmitted to the Secretary of State
2026-05-29 Connecticut General Assembly
Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
2026-05-20 LCO
Special Act 26-26
2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly
House Calendar Number 574
2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly
Rules Suspended
2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly
House Passed
2026-05-06 Connecticut General Assembly
In Concurrence
2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly
Senate Passed
2026-05-04 Connecticut General Assembly
On Consent Calendar
2026-03-30 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-03-30 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
2026-03-30 Connecticut General Assembly
Senate Calendar Number 180
2026-03-30 LCO
File Number 225
2026-03-23 LCO
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PM
2026-03-17 PS
Joint Favorable
2026-03-17 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 03/05
2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Senate Bill No. 367

Special Act No. 26-26

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY
ROADSIDE SAFETY CONCERNS ASSOCIATED WITH WRECKERS
AND TOWING AND RECOVERY PROFESSIONALS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. ( Effective from passage ) (a) The chairpersons of the joint
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to public safety and security shall convene a working
group to study roadside safety concerns associated with wreckers and
towing and recov ery professionals. Such study shall include, but need
not be limited to, an evaluation of what color and type of lights should
be allowed on wreckers and methods to enhance the protection of
towing and recovery professiona ls while such professionals secure
wrecked or disabled motor vehicles at roadside scenes.
(b) The working group shall include, but need not be limited to, the
following members:
(1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to public safety and security, or their designees;
(2) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection,
or the commissioner's designee;
Senate Bill No. 367

Special Act No. 26-26 2 of 2

(3) The Commissioner of Transportation, or the commissioner's
designee; and
(4) One representative of an organization in the state that represents
towing and recovery professionals, appointed by the chairpersons of the
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to public safety and security.
(c) The chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety and
security shall schedule the first meeting of the working group, which
shall be held not later than sixty days after the effective date of this
section.
(d) The members of the working group shall select two
cochairpersons from among the members of the working group.
(e) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public safety
and security shall serve as administrative staff of the working group.
(f) Not later than January 1, 2027, the working group shall submit a
report on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters
relating to public safety and security, in accordance with the provisions
of section 11 -4a of the general statutes. The working group shall
terminate on the date that it submits such report or January 1, 2027,
whichever is later.