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HF3694 • 2026

Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Koegel, Koznick
Last action
Final Acti
Official status
See Senate file in House SF3888
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

What This Bill Does

  • Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. Final Acti House

    See Senate file in House SF3888

  2. 2026-04-28 House

    Author added Koznick

  3. 2026-04-23 House

    Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register

  4. 2026-04-22 House

    Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF3888

  5. 2026-04-07 House

    Committee report, to adopt

  6. 2026-02-25 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Transportation Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Tow trucks permitted to use variable message signs.

Current Bill Text

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relating to transportation; permitting tow trucks to use variable message signs;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168B.16.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168B.16, is amended to read:

168B.16 FLASHING LIGHT
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AND VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGN
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ON TOW

TRUCK.

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(a)
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A tow truck or towing vehicle must be equipped with flashing or intermittent red

and amber lights of a type approved by the commissioner of public safety. The lights must

be placed on the dome of the vehicle at the highest practicable point visible from a distance

of 500 feet. The flashing red light must be displayed only when the tow truck or towing

vehicle is engaged in emergency service on or near the traveled portion of a highway. The

flashing amber light may be displayed when the tow truck or towing vehicle is moving a

disabled vehicle.

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(b) A tow truck or towing vehicle may display a portable variable message sign mounted

on the tow truck while performing emergency service on or near the traveled portion of a

highway. The portable variable message sign must conform to the standards established in

the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

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