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To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a length limitation on certain vehicles being transported by heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal transportation law to establish provisions for heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles that transport wrecked or disabled vehicles. It defines covered tow and recovery vehicles as those responding to or transporting disabled vehicles to repair facilities, traveling within a single state, and capable of safely operating on highway bridges along their route. The bill prohibits states from imposing length limits on vehicle combinations or restricting the number of vehicles transported by a tow vehicle if the wrecked or disabled vehicle combination was in compliance with length limits at the time it initially wrecked or became disabled. This allows tow vehicles to transport disabled vehicles that may exceed normal length restrictions, provided those vehicles were legal when they initially failed or were damaged.
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Actions (3)
- Feb 3, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Feb 2, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Feb 2, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 2, 2026
Mr. Taylor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a length limitation on certain vehicles being transported by heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Towing Safety Act”.
SEC. 2. COVERED HEAVY-DUTY TOW AND RECOVERY VEHICLES.
Section 127(m)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
“(A) is responding to, returning from, or transporting a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the place where the vehicle became wrecked or disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facility or other location, as directed by any agency having jurisdiction;”;
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking “gross vehicle weight” and inserting “combined gross vehicle weight rating”; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) is traveling within a single State; and
“(D) has axle weights and a configuration that can safely operate on highway bridges along the route of travel as determined by the transportation agency of jurisdiction.”.
SEC. 3. LENGTH LIMITATIONS.
Section 31111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
“(8) Covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle.—The term ‘covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle’ means any vehicle transporting a wrecked or disabled vehicle from the place where the vehicle became wrecked or disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facility or other location, as directed by any agency having jurisdiction.”; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking “; or” and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(I) imposes an overall length limit on any combination of vehicles, or the length of any individual vehicle in the combination configuration, being transported by a covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle if the wrecked or disabled vehicle combination being transported was in compliance with applicable length limits at the time and place of the initial wreck or disablement; or
“(J) imposes a limit to the number of vehicles that may be transported in combination with a covered heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle if the wrecked or disabled vehicle combination being transported was in compliance with applicable limits at the time and place of the initial wreck or disablement.”. <all>
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