The Virginia House Transportation Committee advanced three Senate bills out of committee following unanimous 9-to-0 subcommittee recommendations, with no substantive policy opposition recorded. The only moment of friction was a committee member's joking threat to pull Senator Suetterlein's texting-and-driving bill from the block vote.
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“These are all came out of the subcommittee 9 to 0 uncontested.”
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Sign in to subscribeThe transportation committee will come to order, and we will go at ease while we wait for some additional members. Please open the roll for attendance. Please indicate your presence, members. All right, the clerk will close the roll. We have a quorum. And at this time I will turn to delegate Reed for your chair. Report on your subcommittee, please. And Madam Chair, these are all came out of the subcommittee 9 to 0 uncontested. So I don't know if you want to do them individually or do them as a block. City member wish to remove any of these items, if we were to vote for them in a block, please let me know. Otherwise we can proceed with a block. All right, I hear no objection. So delegate, you can present them as a block. Thank you, madam Chair. So this is the highway safety and policy subcommittee. Reports of Senate Bill 221 by Senator Jones for school crossing zones. It authorizes local governing body by ordinance to increase from 30 minutes to 60 minutes the period of time before and after regular school hours for crossing zones. The subcommittee recommended reporting 9 to 0 and ISO.…
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