S.B. 191 Tow Yard Amendments

What this bill does

The bill would put existing state tow yard rules into law, including lot standards for impound yards. It would bar a towing company removed from a police rotation from rejoining for three years, require recording the odometer reading when a vehicle is seized, and set a procedure for getting personal items back from impounded vehicles.

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Every vote

• 4 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to change the bill · Jan 29, 2026Who voted how
• 4 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: vote to approve it · Jan 29, 2026Who voted how
• 4 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Business and Labor Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Jan 29, 2026Who voted how
• 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 4, 2026Who voted how
• 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
• 10 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 11, 2026Who voted how
• 69 yes, 1 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 19, 2026Who voted how
• 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Feb 20, 2026Who voted how

Hearings and debates

• Jan 29, 2026 Senate Business and Labor Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (11 turns)

  1. Committee chair1:11:37

     Um, we'll go to the next item on the agenda. Senate bill 1 91 Tow yard amendments. Uh, Senator Ipson, I notice that you have a, a substitute line. Did you, uh, are you wanting to move that? Move that, okay. Do you wanna talk about that and then make a motion? Yeah.

  2. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:11:56

     So the substitute bill changes and cleans up, literally cleans up, talks about weeds in the tow yards, and it changes the waiting period of a towing company's been taken off rotation from five years to three years. So with that in mind, I'd like to delete and title embody Senate bill 1 91 and replace it with first substitute Senate bill 1 91. Okay. We've gotta get, uh, Senator Pitcher to step back inside for a moment. Lost our quorum. The motion before us is to do a panel on body Senate Bill 1 91. Replace with first sub seven bill, not 1 91. We'll place that motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any posts say nay. Rule that pass the unanimous four to zero. Thank you. Back to the substituted bill. Okay. What this bill does is it actually coif codifies existing rules that set apart by Udot who controls the tow truck industry for lot standards creates a mandatory waiting period for a person to be removed from a towing rotation and also creates a procedure for retrieval of personal items on an impounded vehicle. And that's basically what it does. And I'm open for questions.

  3. Committee chair1:13:22

     Okay. Questions to Senator Ipson. Seeing none, is there anyone in the public that would like to testify on this bill? Okay. Seeing none, we'll come back to nothing online. Senator Ipson will come back to you for come back to the committee for further action or motion.

  4. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:13:42

     I make a motion that we pass out with a favorable recommendation.

  5. Committee chair1:13:45

     First substitute Senate bill 1 91 tow yard amendments. So the motion before us is to favorably recommend the Senate bill 1 91 first substitute. And I'm gonna wait a second. Senator Pitcher, the motion is to favorably recommend first substitute Senate Bill 1 91. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say nay. Rule I pass unanimous. Four zero. Thank you. We'll go to the last item on the agenda. Senator McKay here. Okay, we're gonna pause a minute and see if we can find him.

  6. Unknown speaker1:14:21speaker not certain

     Hey, can we put this on Sam, uh, motion? Well, let's see. Was there a fiscal note? No fiscal Well there. No, there's fine. There's a small fiscal note, but not one that permit to prohibit it. Uh, I'll leave that up the committee. You, um, if, if I thought if the fiscal note was under the limit, under the cap cap, that's the deal. Fiscal note under, under the cap. Then the can you can't Yeah.

  7. Sen. Calvin R. Musselman1:14:54

     Move that right? Yep. Yeah. I move that.

  8. Unknown speaker1:14:56speaker not certain

     We put Which bill number is it again? First substitute Senate bill 1 91 First, Uh, substitute Senate bill 1 91 onto consent.

  9. Committee chair1:15:04

     Okay. The motion for is to place the bill on consent. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any posts say nay. That passes unanim four to zero.

  10. Unknown speaker1:15:16speaker not certain

      And we'll give us a moment and we'll try to, to see if we can get into our last presenter here. We'll have more time today. Oh, that's case. There's another one has to be electric. They're not, they care. They care. I, that's how shallow I am. Did. Oh, there he is. Thank you. That when it was 1215. You guys are nice. Okay.

  11. Committee chair1:23:51

      We'll call the meeting back to order. Uh, Senator McKay did a fast jog from the house building and is here to present and he also does a nice thing because he gives us a quorum. Yeah.

• Feb 4, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (7 turns)

  1. Sen. Don L. Ipson24:59

     Thank you. Thank you Mr. President. This bill Cod codifies rules, which the UDOT Motor Carrier Division has put in place over the years and creates a so that standard and it's in Bill and then a mandatory waiting period for a person removed from the towing rotation to rejoin the to towing rotation. And that's what it does.

  2. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)25:27

     Thank you. I just need a motion, Senator. There's no discussion today.

  3. Sen. Don L. Ipson25:32

     So I make a motion that first substitute Bill 1 91 pass.

  4. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)25:36

     Thank you. And the question is, shall first substitute Senate bill one one ninety one pass roll call vote.

  5. Senate clerk (roll call)25:42

     Senator Vickers Baldry Lewin Brammer Bus Comore Escamilla Fillmore Gilmore. Grover Harper Kins Ipson Johnson k Juab McKay Mikel Milner Baldry I Musman Owens Pitcher Plum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stevenson Stratton Vicars Weiler Aye. Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye. President Adams

  6. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)26:53

     Aye. First substitute Senate Bill 1 91, having received 27 a votes, zero nay votes, two being abs, it passes this body and will be sent to the house for their consideration.

  7. Sen. J. Stuart Adams (presiding)27:04

     Let's move off of the second reading calendar, the consent calendar, and onto the third reading calendar.

• Feb 11, 2026 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (37 turns)

  1. Committee chair (unidentified)2:15:35

     Okay. Um, great. We'll move to the next item on our agenda. Item number eight, Senate Bill 1 91, substitute one. Uh, Senator Ipson.

  2. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:15:46

     And I understand you've got Amendment one online, is that the case? I, that is correct. Okay, great. We'll move that eventually. So, so what this bill does, it co codifies rules regarding state impound lot standards and creates a mandatory waiting period for a person removed from a towing rotation to rejoin the towing rotation. And it also creates a procedure for retrieval of items from an impounded vehicle. What the, uh, and what the amendment does is it creates a process for the lot owner of the impounded the vehicles, if they sell the vehicle, they have to retrieve, they have to take the plates off the car and return 'em to the Utah to the tax commission. They had problems with these plates going on stolen. If they're not taking off the cars, they use 'em for other things and it's created problems. So that's what that does, and that is what the bill does with the amendment.

  3. Committee chair (unidentified)2:16:47

     Okay. Does that conclude your presentation? It does. Okay. We'll come to the committee for any clarifying questions. Representative Christofferson?

  4. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:16:58

     Yeah. Thank you. Uh, I was just wondering if you knew what, uh, what kind of things that happen that would disqualify a towing company that they would be off for like three years?

  5. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:17:09

     Well, I think that that goes to the Highway patrol in UOI, if they're infractions that they, they don't do their job the way they're supposed to do it. I don't think that anything specific to it I can tie to that, but it, it's up to them to disqualify 'em. So I think that's good because sometimes these people, if they, if they, if they're shut down for a little while, they'll go move somewhere else and open up. But this disqualifies them for three years and it's a significant penalty, right? Yes, it does. Thank you.

  6. Committee chair (unidentified)2:17:42

     Okay, we've got a question here from Representative Peterson.

  7. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson2:17:46

     Th Thank you. I gotta tell you, when I, one of the biggest surprises being in this legislature is the number of towing bills we get. I never would've guessed that towing vehicles would be a, anyway, my question is, uh, Senator Baldwin, I think I understand the bill. I'm wondering, um, maybe, maybe they're gonna speak as part of the public, uh, comment, but what the, what the towing industry is feeling about, what about, about the bill?

  8. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:18:11

     Well, we have stakeholders. They've, they're signed off on this bill. Okay, thanks. The tax commission has the motor carrier division of UDOT has, and the, the tours have all stakeholders are okay with the bill. Great.

  9. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson2:18:30speaker not certain

     Thank you. Have sub one and the amendment.

  10. Committee chair (unidentified)2:18:34

      Okay. We have a question from Representative de Fay,

  11. Rep. Ariel Defay2:18:39

      All these towing bills, and I still don't know how a towing ro rotation works. Can you explain to me how that works?

  12. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:18:45

      Yeah, what it does is the, the tows are, are registered with the highway patrol, with the dispatch center, and they, they take their turn and then they go to the end, and then the next guy and the next guy and however many that are qualified, that they've qualified to be tours, they go through a rotation. Right. So exactly how it Sounds. So recently, I think we had a, a program that the highway patrol's using that has made that better and more efficient.

  13. Committee chair (unidentified)2:19:14

      Great. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions from the committee? Okay. Seeing none, we'll go to the public. Oh.

  14. Committee chair (unidentified)2:19:24

      Got a last minute question. Representative Thurston,

  15. Rep. Calvin Thurston2:19:27

      Say Senator, how did they get kicked off that rotation? Is that for just being bad?

  16. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:19:31

      Well, I think I answered that once.

  17. Rep. Norman K Thurston2:19:33

      Okay. I was, I was out taking care of something, but if you can Answer again, that'd be great. Oh, okay.

  18. Sen. Don L. Ipson2:19:36

      So the highway patrol in UDOT has a, they have a standard and if, if they don't respond, I, I suppose it'd be things like they don't respond in time, they don't give good service, they don't clean up the mess, they don't do what they're hired to do, they take 'em off the rotation. Perfect.

  19. Rep. Norman K Thurston2:19:54

      I love that. Thank you. Okay.

  20. Committee chair (unidentified)2:19:59

      Any other questions? Alright, we'll go to the public. Is there anybody from the public that would like to speak to this? Bill, come on forward. Tell us your name and who you're with.

  21. Unknown speaker2:20:10speaker not certain

      I turn it off. You don't have to turn it

  22. Barbara Christensen, Utah Professional Towing Alliance2:20:12

      Off. Oh, good afternoon. My name is Barbara Christensen and I'm the current president of the Utah Professional Towing Alliance. And we just wanted to thank Senator Ibsen for taking this bill. We support it wholeheartedly. We wanna make sure that when a towing company is not acting correctly, that there are penalties and those penalties are real. So we just wanna say we support it and thank you.

  23. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:20:33

      Okay. Thank you. Good operators don't like bad actors. Yeah, for sure. Anyone else from the public? Anyone online? Nope. Okay. So, great. We'll turn it back over to the Committee for Action and t.

  24. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:20:52

      Representative Erland,

  25. Rep. Clinton Okerlund2:20:53

      I move that we adopt first sub SB 1 91 As amended. As

  26. Unknown speaker2:20:58speaker not certain

      amended. Do you want to adopt the amendment first? Well, we gotta adopt the amendment.

  27. Rep. Clinton Okerlund2:21:02

      Sorry about that. I'm not doing this right. I'd like to adopt, uh, I move that we adopt the First amendment.

  28. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:21:08

      Okay. That's in order. Uh, like to, like, to discuss that or you wanna discuss that? Any comments from the committee? All right.

  29. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:21:20

      Uh, those in favor of adopt adopting amendment number one, say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say no. Okay. That passes unanimously.

  30. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:21:32

      And did you wanna go to another motion?

  31. Rep. Clinton Okerlund2:21:35speaker not certain

      Oh, oh. Is it time to do a first sub now? Okay.

  32. Rep. Clinton Okerlund2:21:38

      I move that we adopt the first sub. No, First sub's already been first sub. All We had to do is adopt the amended. I I move that we just, uh, go ahead and recommend this favorably then.

  33. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:21:47

      Okay. The motion is to, uh, pass out favorably, uh, first sub SB 1 91 as amended with a favorable recommendation.

  34. Unknown speaker2:21:59speaker not certain

      Those in favor say aye. Oh, aye. Excuse me. Sorry. I'm getting ahead of myself discussion to the motion And I wa Okay.

  35. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:22:13

      All right. Uh, do you want, do you want a sum? I'll waive. Okay. Representative Nan waives and the motion is to pass out first sub 1 91 tow yard amendments, uh, as amended with from the committee with a favorable recommendation.

  36. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:22:30

      Those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Those opposed say no. Okay. Um, that passes unanimously. Congratulations.

  37. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson2:22:40

      Thank you. Thanks. And we'll entertain one more. Motion adjourned. Uh, all of you made the motion to adjourn. Th those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say no. Okay. Thank you. Rule that we are adjourned. Good talking to you. Oh my.

• Feb 18, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (17 turns)

  1. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson18:16

     The House sponsored representative Tom Peterson, Representative Tom Peterson. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to move.

  2. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson18:22

     Move the second sub.

  3. Speaker (presiding)18:27

     Thank you representative. That motion is an order like to speak to it.

  4. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson18:30

     So it's just adding a coordinating clause.

  5. Speaker (presiding)18:35

     Thank you representative. Um, go ahead and place that motion.

  6. Speaker (presiding)18:40

     The motion be or discussion to the motion to adopt second substitute SB 1 91 under Representative Tom Peterson's name. Seeing None. Would you like to sum on that Representative Peterson? Uh, not on that. Thank you. Go ahead and place the motion. The motion before us the house adopt second substitute SB 1 91. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes.

  7. Speaker (presiding)19:04

     The bill has been substituted before the body for further consideration back to your representative Tom Peterson for summation or for presentation. Thank

  8. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson19:11

     You Mr. Speaker. So what SB 1 91 does second sub is it codifies rules that we currently have on our books for impound yard regulations. It requires that the odometer reading be, uh, taken at the time of vehicle is seized by their peace officer or the division. Uh, it creates a requirement that if a towing operator owner gets removed from the list in a first or second county, uh, class county, that they cannot be put on another towing rotation in a first or second class county, uh, for three years. With that, that concludes my presentation on the bill.

  9. Speaker (presiding)19:48

     Thank you Representative Peterson.

  10. Speaker (presiding)19:51

      Discussion for the bill and representative Corinne Peterson. Order. Um, the Go ahead state your point.

  11. Unknown speaker20:05speaker not certain

      Thanks. The, um, when he set the bill, it just turned it red. It's a Senate bill. Um, and we don't have the fiscal note. I don't know if we are supposed to proceed with this or not, but that's my point.

  12. Speaker (presiding)20:18

      Really good point. Representative Peterson, let's maybe go to Representative Hall for a motion to circle

  13. Rep. Katy Hall20:25

      Motion. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to circle. Thank You. Representative Hall, representative Tom Peterson on the motion to circle. That sounds great. Thank you.

  14. Speaker (presiding)20:35

      Thank you Representative Peterson.

  15. Speaker (presiding)20:37

      Discussion to the motion to circle second substitute SB 1 91. Seeing none, we'll go ahead and place the motion. Motion before is the house. Circle sec. Second substitute SB 1 91. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes? The bill's been circled. Okay.

  16. Speaker (presiding)20:56

      Representatives, uh, just by way of clarification, uh, we are going to be watching fiscal notes a little closer, uh, when you sub, because a bill could be subbed, not have the fiscal note and you can all vote on it, not knowing what the fiscal impact would be. So if you have a sub and the fiscal note has not been prepared, we'll probably you'll be asked to, to circle that sub until the fiscal note is available so the body can make a determination on the substitute and see the fiscal note. So just be aware of that. So if you're going to sub on the floor, uh, please make sure the fiscal note is ready so that you don't get circled.

  17. Speaker (presiding)21:44

      Okay, Madam Reading Clerk, let's, uh, go to, uh, additional items on the Senate third reading calendar.

• Feb 18, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Speaker (presiding)18:21

     Mr. Speaker. Motion to move. Move the second sub. Thank you representative. That motion is an order like to speak to it. So it's just adding a coordinating clause. Thank you representative. Um, go ahead and place that motion.

  2. Speaker (presiding)18:40speaker not certain

     The motion be or discussion to the motion

  3. Speaker (presiding)18:42

     to adopt second substitute SB 1 91 under Representative Tom Peterson's name. Seeing None. Would you like to sum on that Representative Peterson? Uh, not on that. Thank you.

  4. Speaker (presiding)18:55

     Go ahead and place the motion. The motion before us the house adopt second substitute SB 1 91. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes. The bill has been substituted before the body for further consideration back to your representative Tom Peterson for summation or for presentation. Thank

  5. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson19:11

     You Mr. Speaker. So what SB 1 91 does second sub is it codifies rules that we currently have on our books for impound yard regulations. It requires that the odometer reading be, uh, taken at the time of vehicle is seized by their peace officer or the division. Uh, it creates a requirement that if a towing operator owner gets removed from the list in a first or second county, uh, class county, that they cannot be put on another towing rotation in a first or second class county, uh, for three years. With that, that concludes my presentation on the bill.

  6. Speaker (presiding)19:48

     Thank you Representative Peterson.

  7. Speaker (presiding)19:51

     Discussion for the bill and representative Corinne Peterson. Order. Um, the Go ahead state your point.

  8. Unknown speaker20:05speaker not certain

     Thanks. The, um, when he set the bill, it just turned it red. It's a Senate bill. Um, and we don't have the fiscal note. I don't know if we are supposed to proceed with this or not, but that's my point.

  9. Speaker (presiding)20:18

     Really good point. Representative Peterson, let's maybe go to Representative Hall for a motion to circle

  10. Rep. Katy Hall20:25

      Motion. Thank you Mr. Speaker. Motion to circle. Thank You. Representative Hall, representative Tom Peterson on the motion to circle. That sounds great. Thank you.

  11. Speaker (presiding)20:35

      Thank you Representative Peterson. Discussion to the motion to circle second substitute SB 1 91. Seeing none, we'll go ahead and place the motion. Motion before is the house. Circle sec. Second substitute SB 1 91. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes?

  12. Speaker (presiding)20:54

      The bill's been circled. Okay.

  13. Speaker (presiding)20:56

      Representatives, uh, just by way of clarification, uh, we are going to be watching fiscal notes a little closer, uh, when you sub, because a bill could be subbed, not have the fiscal note and you can all vote on it, not knowing what the fiscal impact would be. So if you have a sub and the fiscal note has not been prepared, we'll probably you'll be asked to, to circle that sub until the fiscal note is available so the body can make a determination on the substitute and see the fiscal note. So just be aware of that. So if you're going to sub on the floor, uh, please make sure the fiscal note is ready so that you don't get circled.

  14. Speaker (presiding)21:44

      Okay, Madam Reading Clerk, let's, uh, go to, uh, additional items on the Senate third reading calendar.

• Feb 19, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (5 turns)

  1. Speaker (presiding)26:03

     SB second substitute, SB 1 92 1 91. Sorry. Thank you, representative. Uh, go ahead and place the motion. The motion before us the house encircle second substitute SB 1 91. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Will that motion passes the bills encircled and before the body for its consideration. Back to your Representative Peterson.

  2. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson26:24

     Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the bill that was presented a few days ago that, uh, when we adopted the second sub had a additional fiscal note that needed to be resolved. Um, so what this bill does is it codifies our current rule in, in, uh, our statute for the requirements of a, an impound yard or a tow tow yard. Uh, it requires that an odometer reading be recorded if a vehicle is seized by a, a peace officer. It also, uh, creates a, uh, a law, a statute that, uh, if an individual of an o an owner of a towing entity is removed from a towing rotation in a county of the first or second class, that they can't be put on another towing rotation, uh, in that first or second class, uh, for a three year time period. And that concludes my presentation.

  3. Speaker (presiding)27:14

     Thank you, Representative Peterson. Discussion to the bill? None. Back to your Representative Peterson for summation. Thank

  4. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson27:24

     You, Mr. Speaker. I'll wave

  5. Speaker (presiding)27:25

     Motion has been waived. Voting will now be open on Representative Arthur. Would you like to vote? Representative Thompson? We go. Seeing all present, having voted voting is now closed. Second substitute SB 1 91 passes this body with 68 yes. Votes one no vote will be sent to the Senate for its consideration. Let's go to Madam Reading Clerk

• Feb 20, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
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  1. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson14:01

     So most Thank you Mr. President. The motion to concur.

  2. Senate President J. Stuart Adams (presiding)14:06

     We have a motion to concur. You wanna explain the changes?

  3. Rep. Thomas W. Peterson14:09

     All it did was it included a coordination clause that another to coordinate this with another bill.

  4. Senate President J. Stuart Adams (presiding)14:15

     Thank you. Thank you. Have a motion to concur. All in favor say aye. A. Any opposed rule. The motion passes. Second substitute Senate bill 1 91 has been read three times. The question is, shall it pass? Roll call vote.

  5. Senate clerk (roll call)14:30

     Senator Vickers Baldry Lewin Brammer Bus Comore Escamilla Fillmore. More Grover Harper Kins Aye. Ipson Aye. Johnson Quan McKay. Aye. Mikel Milner. Milner Aye. Musselman Owens pitcher Lum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stratton Vicar Aye. Weiler Aye. Wilson. Aye. Winterton Lewin Aye. President Adams Aye.

  6. Senate President J. Stuart Adams (presiding)15:25

     Second substitute Senate Bill 1 91. Having received 25 yay votes, zero na votes four being absent passes this body and will be returned to the house for the signature of the speaker. Concludes our work on the concurrence calendar.