These bills have already been passed by the House. They stand a good chance of becoming law if we can get them through the Senate Transportation Committee, which meets mid-afternoon on Wednesday.
Especially if your senator is listed below, please email or call their office by Wednesday morning, and ask them to support these bills.
Bud Vye writes:
A big docket in Senate Transportation Committee tomorrow after lunch includes our two House bills that have passed the House and Crossed Over to the Senate —
HB 1342 Del DeSteph’s “Following Too Closely”
& HB 1402 Del. Loupassi’s “Maintenance Reimbursement for Lanes that are used for Bike Lanes or Bus Rapid Transit” (preserves maintenance funding based on lane-miles when road diets are implemented)
Northern Virginia folks should contact Senators…
- Marsden 804 698 7537 or district37@senate.virginia.gov, Colgan 804 698 7529 or district29@senate.virginia.gov,
- Favola 804 698 7531 or district31@senate.virginia.gov and
- Wexton 804 698-7533 or district33@senate.virginia.gov
…(particularly if they are YOUR Senators) and ask them to SUPPORT these bills tomorrow afternoon.
Similarly, Hampton Roads folks should contact Senators…
- Wagner 804 698 7507 or district07@senate.virginia.gov,
- McWaters 804 698 7508 or district08@senate.virginia.gov,
- Alexander 804 698 7505 or district 05@senate.virginia.gov,
- & Cosgrove 804 698 7514 or district14@senate.virginia.gov
…and ask their support.
Also on the Committee from around the state are Senators…
- Newman (Lynchburg) 698-7523 or district23@senate.virginia.gov,
- Deeds (Charlottesville) 804 698 7525 or district25@senate.virginia.gov,
- Smith (Roanoke) 804 698 7519 or district19@senate.virginia.gov &
- Edwards (Roanoke) 804 698 7521 or district21@senate.virginia.gov
Stay with us! We’re making progress and we can see the finish line for these bills if we can clear this hurdle tomorrow.
Bud Vye
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