Bills / H.B. 336
H.B. 336 Recovery Operations Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would require recovery operators, who clear crashed commercial vehicles and cargo, to carry a $40,000 endorsement and would require dispatchers to confirm operators are qualified. It would also set a process for disputing charges and void overbilled invoices, and it would require commercial carriers to carry a recovery rider.
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Official description
- defines terms
- clarifies that an insurer who covers a vehicle that is recovered as part of a recovery operation is the insurer who pays the recovery operator
- creates a process for an insurer and a recovery operator to dispute an amount due for a recovery operation
- requires motor vehicle liability policies for commercial vehicles to include coverage for recovery operations
- requires tow truck motor carrier rotations to identify tow truck motor carriers that are qualified to perform recovery operations
- makes technical changes
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Every vote
- 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
- 65 yes, 4 no, 6 absentFinal House vote · Feb 20, 2026Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 26, 2026Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 26, 2026Who voted how
- 28 yes, 1 noFinal Senate vote · Mar 6, 2026Who voted how
- 62 yes, 3 no, 10 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 6, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 5, 2026 House Transportation Committee
- Feb 11, 2026 House Transportation Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (20 turns) →
- Feb 19, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (4 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (22 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (18 turns) →
- Feb 26, 2026 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (25 turns) →
- Mar 6, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (7 turns) →
- Mar 6, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (7 turns) →