Commercial drivers licenses; revises statutes for issuance of overweight and oversize permits. (SB1281)

Introduced By

Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Regulation of motor carriers by DMV; commercial drivers licenses.  Revises statutes relating to motor carriers, including requiring DMV to simply notify localities of the issuance of overweight and oversize permits and eliminating the requirement for for-hire contract passenger carriers and irregular-route common carriers to prove public convenience and necessity when applying for a license. The bill also updates Virginia law on commercial drivers licenses to comply with federal requirements. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/12/2011Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11103276D
01/12/2011Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/25/2011Impact statement from DPB (SB1281)
02/03/2011Committee substitute printed 11104401D-S1
02/03/2011Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2011Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Read second time
02/08/2011Reading of substitute waived
02/08/2011Committee substitute agreed to 11104401D-S1
02/08/2011Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1281S1
02/08/2011Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2011Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2011Placed on Calendar
02/10/2011Read first time
02/10/2011Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/14/2011Impact statement from DPB (SB1281S1)
02/15/2011Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2011Read second time
02/16/2011Constitutional reading dispensed (95-Y 0-N)
02/16/2011VOTE: AGREE TO (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2011Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/16/2011VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2011Enrolled
02/21/2011Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1281ER)
02/21/2011Impact statement from DPB (SB1281ER)
02/21/2011Signed by Speaker
02/22/2011Signed by President
03/26/2011Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/05/2011Placed on Calendar
04/06/2011Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (0-Y 40-N) (see vote tally)
04/06/2011Communicated to Governor
04/29/2011G Approved by Governor-Chapter 889 (effective 7/1/11)
04/29/2011G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0889)

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 1 minute.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1945.