Interstate safety rest areas; Virginia Transportation Research Council to study. (HJ126)

Introduced By

Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg) with support from 10 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield), Del. Rich Anderson (R-Woodbridge), Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-Woodbridge), Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon), Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

Study; JLARC; privatizing Commonwealth's rest areas; report.  Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the privatization of all or portions of the Commonwealth's rest areas. Read the Bill »

Status

03/05/2010: Passed the House

History

DateAction
01/13/2010Committee
01/13/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103741D
01/13/2010Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/28/2010Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2010Committee substitute printed 10104734D-H1
02/01/2010Taken up
02/01/2010Committee substitute agreed to 10104734D-H1
02/01/2010Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ126H1
02/01/2010Agreed to by House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
02/01/2010VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2010Reading waived
02/02/2010Referred to Committee on Rules
02/19/2010Assigned Rules sub: #1
02/26/2010Reported from Rules
03/01/2010Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2010Read third time
03/02/2010Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
03/05/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ126ER)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 46 seconds.

Comments

Rox Barking writes:

If Del. Joe May has his way, the Virginia Transportation Research Council will not be able to do this study because he has proposed eliminating the VTRC (see HB #30 item 451 #1h)