Trains; fine for boarding or riding with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, etc. (SB1066)
Introduced By
Sen. Toddy Puller (D-Mount Vernon)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Trains operated by transportation districts. Establishes a fine for boarding or riding a train with a fraudulent or counterfeit ticket and for using a valid ticket outside the designated zone of the paid ride. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/13/2009 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 091522304 |
01/13/2009 | Referred to Committee on Transportation |
01/22/2009 | Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/22/2009 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
01/27/2009 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
02/09/2009 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/09/2009 | Committee substitute printed 091456304-S1 |
02/10/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2009 | Read second time |
02/10/2009 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/10/2009 | Committee substitute agreed to 091456304-S1 |
02/10/2009 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1066S1 |
02/10/2009 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2009 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2009 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2009 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/13/2009 | Placed on Calendar |
02/13/2009 | Read first time |
02/13/2009 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/16/2009 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
02/18/2009 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) |
02/19/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1066S1) |
02/23/2009 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2009 | Committee substitute printed 090427304-H1 |
02/24/2009 | Read second time |
02/25/2009 | Read third time |
02/25/2009 | Committee substitute agreed to 090427304-H1 |
02/25/2009 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1066H1 |
02/25/2009 | Passed House with substitute (100-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2009 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1066H1) |
02/26/2009 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2009 | Title replaced 090427304-H1 |
03/09/2009 | Enrolled |
03/09/2009 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1066ER) |
03/09/2009 | Signed by President |
03/11/2009 | Signed by Speaker |
03/12/2009 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1066ER) |
03/30/2009 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 760 (effective 7/1/09) |
03/30/2009 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0760) |
Comments
I routinely ride the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail system in the Washington DC area to get to my job at L'Enfant ... which is much nicer than driving into DC. (Until July!!) I got an "I forgot to validate my ticket" summons on 6 July, the day after the holiday, when the trains were empty. It is a Class 2 criminal misdemeanor, which in Virginia means a possibility of jail... time. At the arraignment in late August, the judge apologized to all four of us, and called it a "devastating piece of inappropriate legislation" ... she banged her gavel and in a loud voice immediately wiped out jail time (actual and suspended) as well as probation. rnrnrnrnAt my trial this past Tuesday 22 September, the VA commonwealth's attorney "null-processed" all four cases, with another apology from both him and the judge ... no fine, no penalty, no jail, no costs, no pleas, no conviction, no record, no nothing. The presiding court, the Alexandria General District criminal/traffic court, now hates this new law and is handling these cases routinely this way. The zealot culprit legislator who caused this problem in the first place in March 2009 is Virginia Delete Rob Bell of Albemarle County who seems to want to become the next Virginia Attorney General. Mr. Bell amended Virgina State Senator Ms. Toddy Puller's bill, designed to handle counterfeit tickets and repeat offenders, but didn't include "forget to validate" as a Class 2. But Mr. Bell ramrodded it through in an "all-in-one"! Now, even VRE is supporting a revision to the legislation, which is... targeted to be effective on 01 Feb 10. Virginia Delegate Dave Marsden is the prime champion of the revision to "make it right"!! The entire Virginia legislature (both the house and the senate) and the Virginia Governor so screwed this up, so royally, so big time !! We all suffer greatly as a result!!