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2022 SESSION

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Senate Committee on Transportation

Chair: David W. Marsden

Clerk: Eric Bingham, Gillian Conway
Staff: Emma Buck, Lisa Wallmeyer
Date of Meeting: January 20, 2022
Time and Place: Thursday, Senate Room 3, Capitol, 15 minutes after adjournment

S.B. 32 Overweight vehicle permits; increases maximum extension of existing weight limits.

Patron: Marsden

Overweight vehicle permits. Increases from five percent to 10 percent the maximum extension of existing weight limits authorized by an overweight vehicle permit. The bill retains the limit of 84,000 pounds and the maximum weight limit on interstate highways.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1128 of the Code of Virginia, relating to overweight vehicle permits.

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S.B. 34 Electronic credentials; discretionary fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by DMV for each individual.

Patron: Marsden

Electronic credentials; fee. Makes discretionary the fee, up to $10 per year, assessed by the Department of Motor Vehicles for each individual issued electronic credentials or granted access to an electronic credential. Current law sets the fee at $10 per year.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-227 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electronic credentials; fee.

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S.B. 116 Bicycle operators; failure to stop at a stop sign.

Patron: Norment

Bicycle operators; failure to stop at a stop sign. Imposes a $500 fine on the operator of a bicycle who fails to stop at a stop sign. The bill also provides that the bicycle shall be impounded for a period of six months.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-821 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bicycle operators; failure to stop at a stop sign.

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S.B. 246 Law-enforcement officer; purpose of traffic stop.

Patron: Surovell

Law-enforcement officer; purpose of traffic stop. Provides that the operator of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that has stopped on the signal of any law-enforcement officer shall exhibit his registration card, learner's permit, or temporary driver's permit for the purpose of establishing his identity upon being advised of the purpose of the stop within a reasonable time by the law-enforcement officer. Current law requires that such materials be exhibited upon the law-enforcement officer's request.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-104 of the Code of Virginia, relating to law-enforcement officers; purpose of traffic stop.

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S.B. 247 Careless driving; vulnerable road users.

Patron: Surovell

Careless driving; vulnerable road users. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he operates a vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and causes the death or serious bodily injury of a vulnerable road user. Current law only imposes the penalty if such careless or distracted operation causes serious bodily injury to the vulnerable road user. The bill also allows a court to suspend the driver's license or restrict the driver's license of a person convicted of careless driving for up to six months of a person.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-392 and 46.2-816.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to careless driving; vulnerable road users.

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S.B. 320 Mini-trucks; definition, use on certain highways.

Patron: Vogel

Mini-trucks; definition; use on certain highways. Defines a "mini-truck" and classifies it as a utility vehicle. The bill provides that mini-trucks may be operated on any highway in the Commonwealth with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or less.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-100 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 13.1 of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-916.4, relating to mini-trucks; definition; use on certain highways.

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S.B. 334 Photo speed monitoring devices; localities, locations.

Patron: Bell

Photo speed monitoring devices; localities; locations. Authorizes towns that have not established their own police department to authorize the placement and operation of a photo speed monitoring device to record speed limit violations. Current law authorizes state and local law-enforcement agencies to place and operate such devices. The bill requires any such town to provide all data collected from the device to the chief law-enforcement office for the town or of the county in which the town is located. The bill removes the limitation that such devices only be used in highway work zones and school crossing zones.

A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-208 and 46.2-882.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to photo speed monitoring devices; localities; locations.

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S.B. 342 Transit Ridership Incentive Program; use of funds for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects.

Patron: Barker

Transit Ridership Incentive Program. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use at least 25 percent of the funds available for the Transit Ridership Incentive Program for grants to fund reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects. Under current law, the amount that may be used for such programs is capped at 25 percent. The bill provides that funds awarded for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects shall not be included in the requirement that funds be awarded in accordance with a statewide equitable ratio.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 33.2-1526.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Transit Ridership Incentive Program.

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S.B. 362 Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast.

Patron: Stuart

Bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast. Prohibits persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or motorized skateboards or scooters riding two abreast from impeding the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and requires such persons to move into a single-file formation as quickly as is practicable when being overtaken from the rear by a faster-moving vehicle and to ride in a single lane on a laned roadway.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-905 of the Code of Virginia, relating to bicycles and certain other vehicles; riding two abreast.

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S.B. 445 Roadways; operation under HCA to operate instead under PPTA.

Patron: Boysko

Commissioner of Highways; roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 to operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Directs the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether it is in the public interest for any roadway operated pursuant to the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 (HCA) to operate instead under the authority and requirements provided by the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (PPTA). The bill authorizes the Commissioner, if he determines it is in the public interest for any such roadway to operate under the PPTA and if the Secretary of Transportation and the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee concur, to negotiate and execute a new comprehensive agreement with the operator of such roadway to operate under the authority and requirements provided by the PPTA. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2024.

A BILL to direct the Commissioner of Highways to evaluate whether roadways operating under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 should operate under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.

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S.B. 478 Capital Region Airport Commission; authorized to make charitable donations to organizations, etc.

Patron: McClellan

Capital Region Airport Commission. Authorizes the Capital Region Airport Commission to (i) make charitable donations to organizations and (ii) form or support independent foundations designed to foster an appreciation by the public of the importance of aviation, assist the public in aviation travel, or help develop and educate the next generation of aviation professionals in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any such foundation is not a public body and is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Public Procurement Act and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The bill also authorizes the Commission to indemnify any current or former Commissioner, officer, employee, or agent for the Commission for liability arising from such position.

A BILL to amend and reenact § 8, as amended, of Chapter 380 of the Acts of Assembly of 1980, related to the Capital Region Airport Commission.

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