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2020 SESSION
SB 890 Transportation; amends numerous laws related to funds, safety programs, revenue sources, etc.
Introduced by: Richard L. Saslaw | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Transportation. Amends numerous laws related to transportation funds, revenue sources, construction, and safety programs.
The bill adopts numerous structural changes to the transportation funding system in the Commonwealth. Most transportation revenues are directed to a new Commonwealth Transportation Fund and the existing Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund. Funds are then disbursed, based on codified formulas, to subfunds established to meet the varying transportation needs of different modes of transportation. The existing gas tax based on a percentage of the wholesale price of gasoline and diesel fuel is converted to a cents-per-gallon tax. A rate of $0.262 per gallon of gasoline will be phased in over two years, and then indexed every year thereafter. The regional gas tax will be converted to a rate of $0.076 per gallon of gasoline and will be imposed everywhere in the Commonwealth that a regional gas tax is not already imposed. Registration fees for motor vehicles will be lowered. The Department of Motor Vehicles will implement a Highway Use Fee for alternative fuel and fuel-efficient vehicles. Alternatively, a person whose vehicles would be subject to this new fee may elect to instead enroll in a mileage-based user fee program to be developed by the Department. The bill also eliminates the $5 walk-in fee for conducting certain transactions in person at the Department of Motor Vehicles, and prohibits a person from being issued a citation for both an expired motor vehicle inspection sticker and faulty equipment. In Northern Virginia, the regional transportation improvement fee, used to support the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), is lowered to $0.10 per $100 for the recordation of conveyance of a deed. A new regional congestion fee is imposed at a rate of $0.10 per $100 for the recordation of conveyance of a deed. The regional transient occupancy tax is raised from two percent to three percent. The bill authorizes the use of transportation bonds to complete the final section of Corridor Q of the Appalachian Development Highway System, and authorizes a bond issuance for improvements in the Interstate 81 and Interstate 66 corridors. The bill establishes a new Virginia Passenger Rail Authority. The bill also creates numerous new transportation safety programs, including an Interstate Operations and Enhancement Program, a Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program, the Statewide Special Structures Program, and a Transit Incentive Program. This bill is identical to HB 1414.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103443D pdf
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107093D-S1 pdf
- 02/10/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108058D-S2 (Saslaw) pdf | impact statements
- 02/19/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108632D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108796D-H2 pdf
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109907D-S3 pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB890ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB890ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1275) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments not adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103443D
- 01/08/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 6-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107093D-S1
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108058D-S2 (Saslaw)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/20 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 20107093D-S1
- 02/10/20 Senate: Reading of substitute not waived
- 02/10/20 Senate: Motion to reconsider not waiving reading agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/10/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator Saslaw agreed to 20108058D-S2
- 02/10/20 Senate: Amendments by Senator DeSteph ruled out of order
- 02/10/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB890S2
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 02/19/20 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/19/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108632D-H1
- 02/19/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108796D-H2
- 02/25/20 House: Read second time
- 02/26/20 House: Read third time
- 02/26/20 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/26/20 House: Committee on Finance substitute rejected 20108632D-H1
- 02/26/20 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to20108796D-H2
- 02/26/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB890H2
- 02/26/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/26/20 House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 44-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 02/26/20 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/26/20 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/26/20 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/27/20 Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Marsden, Barker, Norment, Hanger
- 02/27/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/27/20 House: Delegates: McQuinn, Jones, Knight, Watts, Sullivan
- 03/07/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference substitute printed 20109907D-S3
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
- 03/08/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 42-N)
- 03/08/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 42-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB890ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/11/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 15-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB890ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1275 (effective - see bill)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1275)