SB117/the Dooring bill passed the House today by a 70-25 vote. RABA people from Hanover county may want to send Del. Chris Peace a message and those from Powhatan a message to Del. Lee Ware expressing their surprise and disappointment that they voted in opposition to a common sense bicycling safety bill. Everyone else in the RABA area can THANK their Delegates for supporting the bill, and it really would be helpful in the future if they would take the trouble to do so.
My personal thanks to all who took the trouble to send messages to their Legislators, as it obviously helped to get the bill through.
SB669/the Maintenance Reimbursement for Bike Lanes bill was “passed by for the day” for the 3rd successive day today, which would indicate that it may be in the process of being held hostage as a bargaining chip in some partisan negotiations between the House leadership and the Governor (since it is an Administration backed bill) and/or Sen. Alexander of Norfolk, the bill’s Democrat patron. It’s painful to see a bill be subjected to this apparently partisan treatment, but we have the rest of the week to see how this situation plays out. Hopefully, the bill will be permitted to be voted on before the Legislative session concludes at the end of this week.
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