The Bicyclist Safety Act has been signed by the governor, and will take effect July 1.
Virginia State Capitol
Good results on the full afternoon in Senate Transportation and then over to House Courts Criminal Subcommittee SB1207 DeSteph, Drones on Sidewalks was not heard until late, so I had left to go to House Courts Subcomm prior to its being called. I note that it was reported 12-0, but I still have not been able to find out from De Steph what company is requesting this, and what kind of deliveries they have in mind. Will report as soon as I do. [continue reading…]
The meeting of the House Transportation Committee at 8:30 this morning led off with a 40 minute, very thorough and well presented briefing by Transportation Secretary Aubrey Layne on how the construction project selection process under the House Bill 2 rules has been working. The Committee members and spectators all were impressed by the way the Secretary handled the briefing, as well as the way things seem to be working, which most felt was a big improvement over the way the Commonwealth Transportation Board had operated previously.
The briefing concluded, Chairman Villanueva proceeded to address the bills on the Docket, [continue reading…]
Virginia State Capitol
As quiet as things were at the GAB on Friday, they were just the opposite on Monday, with several groups having their Lobby Days on the Martin Luther King Holiday. The building was packed, making it difficult for Champe & me to wade through the traffic and make our contacts, as we continued to try to line up Co-Patrons for the bills we are supporting. [continue reading…]
Relatively few visitors at the GA on a Friday, so Champe Burnley and I were able to talk to a number of Legislators and Aides in a more leisurely fashion as we were making the rounds to ask them to consider signing on as Co-Patrons to Del. Villanueva’s Maintenance Reimbursement bill; Sen. Surovell’s Due Care bill, & Del. Sullivan’s similar Due Care bill.
It appears that most of the bills have now been filed, and assigned numbers, as Legislative Services is catching up to the crush of last minute filings, so that the list of the ones we are interested in looks like — [continue reading…]
Virginia State Capitol
A very productive opening day at the G.A., as Champe Burnley & I were able to meet with Del. Villanueva, learn that his bill to provide Maintenance Reimbursement for road diets had been filed and had received the number of HB2023. Agreeing that he would welcome co-patrons for the bill, later in the day we met with a number of legislators (or their aides) who had been co-patrons of the similar SB669 last year (which had failed at the last minute) asking them to sign on again this year as co-patrons. [continue reading…]
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