ESSB 5484: Concerning payments to tow truck operators for the release of vehicles to indigent persons.
Did not pass. The 2025-26 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Chapman
- Introduced
- January 24, 2025
- Status
- S Rules X
- Last action
- Senate Rules "X" file. (January 12, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Directs the Department of Licensing to create a program to compensate registered tow truck operators for the cost of towing, storage, and other services incurred during the towing of an indigent person's vehicle, when the tow was done on private property or at the direction of law enforcement not following an arrest.
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Floor votes
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202547 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
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