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Committee advances towing bill requiring card payments, shoulder access and in-state storage

Homeland Security and Transportation Committee · February 17, 2026
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Summary

House Bill 11 84, amended to require towing companies accept credit/debit cards (fee capped at 3%), allow emergency shoulder use, standardize tow-zone sign heights and require in-state storage of repossessed collateral, passed the committee 8-0 after industry counsel testified.

Representative Haggard presented House Bill 11 84 and an accompanying amendment that the committee adopted by consent.

The amendment requires towing companies to accept credit or debit card payments and caps the surcharge for card acceptance at 3 percent. It also prohibits towers or storage facilities from denying…

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