Multimodal Transportation
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 2 - Marshall, R.G. - Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement | 01/13/12 |
| notes: Prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project if the Project is subject to a project labor agreement, the policies and bylaws of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority do not permit public access to MWAA's meetings and records as provided in Virginia's FOIA, or the Project is not subject to audit by VDOT or the Auditor of Public Accounts. | |||
| HB 7 - Edmunds - Bicycles; riders approaching intersection controlled by traffic lights need not to wait two minutes. | (H) Committee on Transportation | (H) Passed by indefinitely in Transportation | 01/24/12 |
| notes: Provides the rider of a bicycle approaching an intersection controlled by traffic lights need not wait the two minutes required of the driver of a motorcycle or moped approaching the same intersection. | |||
| HB 8 - Edmunds - Vessel accident; requires passengers 16 years of age or older to report, penalty. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Referred to Committee on Appropriations | 02/03/12 |
| notes: Requires any passenger 16 years of age or older who is a passenger in a vessel that is involved in an accident in which the operator has (i) failed to stop and render assistance and (ii) failed to report the accident in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to notify, within a reasonable time, a law-enforcement officer, conservation police officer, or an officer of the Virginia Marine Police. If such a report is not filed, the passenger is subject to a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill contains technical amendments. | |||
| HB 12 - Edmunds - Boating; operator of a vessel to report accident to law enforcement, notification to DGIF, penalty. | (H) Committee for Courts of Justice | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | 01/30/12 |
| notes: Requires the operator of a vessel, if he is involved in an accident, to immediately report the accident to law enforcement and to notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. An operator who fails to provide the appropriate notice and report of the accident is subject to a Class 3 misdemeanor. The law-enforcement officer who receives the notice from the vessel's operator is required to immediately report the collision, accident, or other casualty to the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. | |||
| HB 19 - Kilgore - Income tax, state; deduction for certain purchases from space flight entities. | (H) Committee on Finance | (H) Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 | 01/12/12 |
| notes: Provides an individual income tax deduction in the amount paid for a prepaid contract entered into with a commercial space flight entity to place the taxpayer's cremated remains in earth or lunar orbit. The deduction shall not exceed $8,000 in total and shall not exceed $2,500 in any one tax year. The bill is effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, but before January 1, 2021. | |||
| HB 522 - Farrell - Statewide system of trails; use of wheelchairs or other power-driven mobility devices permitted. | (H) Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | (H) Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) | 01/25/12 |
| notes: Permits the Department of Conservation and Recreation to allow the use of wheelchairs or other power-driven mobility devices on the statewide system of trails in accordance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. | |||
| HB 1027 - Englin - Motor fuels tax; permits two or more localities to impose. | (H) Committee on Finance | (H) Assigned Finance sub: #2 | 01/20/12 |
| notes: Permits two or more localities that are constructing or operating high capacity transit systems to impose a local motor fuels tax at the rate of 2.1 percent of the wholesale price of fuels sold to retailers. The revenue generated from the tax shall be used to construct or operate high capacity transit systems. | |||
| HJ 146 - Herring - High capacity transit; Transportation Board to make priority for funding by State. | (H) Committee on Appropriations | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | 01/30/12 |
| notes: Requests the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make high capacity transit a priority for funding by the Commonwealth. | |||
| HJ 185 - Albo - Highway and monorail transportation, combined; Congress to support funding for hybrid systems, etc. | (H) Committee on Rules | (H) Tabled in Rules | 01/31/12 |
| notes: Expresses the sense of the General Assembly that the Congress of the United States should support a federal funding grant for development of new technology, hybrid systems of combined highway and monorail transportation methods and an amendment to 23 U.S.C. § 111(a), Agreements Relating to Use of and Access to Rights-of-Way %96 Interstate System. | |||
| SB 3 - Black - Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project; prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of Project, etc. | (S) Committee on Finance | (S) Referred to Committee on Finance | 12/01/11 |
| notes: Dulles Metrorail Project. Prohibits use of state funds for Phase II of the Dulles Metrorail Project if the Project is subject to a project labor agreement, the policies and bylaws of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority do not permit public access to MWAA's meetings and records as provided in Virginia's FOIA, or the Project is not subject to audit by VDOT or the Auditor of Public Accounts. | |||
| SB 264 - Ebbin - Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc. | (S) Committee on Transportation | (S) Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) | 01/24/12 |
| notes: Includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds among vehicles that the driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow more closely than is reasonable. | |||
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