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HB 1067 Commonwealth of Virginia Transform I-66 Corridor Outside the Beltway Bond Act of 2016; created.

Chief patron: Jones

Summary as introduced:
Bonds; tolls on I-66. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $1.5 billion plus financing costs to finance the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping dynamically tolled lanes on a portion of Interstate 66. Issuance of the bonds is contingent on the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Advisory Committee, prior to January 1, 2018, finding that the issuance is necessary due to the inability of private parties to meet the term sheet published by the Department of Transportation in September 2015 pursuant to the procurement initiated under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995.

01/29/16 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1067)
02/12/16 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017
02/12/16 House: Committee substitute printed to Web only 16104715D-H1
02/12/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Appropriations with substitute
12/01/16 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 1346 Commonwealth Transportation Board; increases regional membership.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:

Commonwealth Transportation Board; regional membership. Increases from 17 to 19 the membership of the Commonwealth Transportation Board by the addition of two nonlegislative citizen members: one from the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission and one from the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. The terms of the new nonlegislative citizen members begin July 1, 2016.

01/29/16 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
02/04/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
02/05/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
02/09/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Transportation
12/01/16 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1715 Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; powers of State Corporation Commission.

Chief patron: Minchew

Summary as introduced:
Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988. Gives the State Corporation Commission discretion to approve any request to increase tolls on the Dulles Greenway by a specified annual percentage increase. The measure also gives the Commission discretion to approve an additional increase in such tolls based on increases in local property taxes when requested by the operator. Currently the Commission is required to approve such requests for toll increases.

01/07/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102568D
01/07/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
01/18/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1715)
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 1804 Practical design standards for projects.

Chief patron: Bell, John J.

Summary as introduced:
Practical design standards for projects. Requires the Department of Transportation to employ practical design standards for any highway system project, including all projects costing more than $5 million. "Practical design standards" are defined in the bill as standards that incorporate maximum flexibility in application of standards that reduce the cost of project delivery while preserving and enhancing safety and mobility.

02/03/17 House: Read first time
02/06/17 House: Read second time
02/06/17 House: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
02/06/17 House: Rereferred to Transportation
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1831 Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions.

Chief patron: Kilgore

Summary as introduced:
Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions. Exempts projects on U.S. Route 121, commonly known as the Coalfield Expressway, and U.S. Route 460 from the prioritization process that the Commonwealth Transportation Board applies to projects for state funding.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101984D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/19/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1847 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966; amendments, effective clause.

Chief patron: Minchew

Summary as introduced:
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966. Proposes amendments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 (the Compact). The bill allows members of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (the Authority) to be provided reasonable compensation. The bill eliminates requirements for overtime compensation and requirements that set the minimum wage equal to the prevailing wage on similar construction in the locality for all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the construction, alteration, or repair of projects, buildings, and works undertaken by the Authority or who are financially assisted by it. The bill eliminates the requirement that the Authority negotiate employees' wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, and pension or retirement provisions through labor organizations and removes employee protective arrangements under the Federal Transit Act. The bill eliminates the mandatory-binding-arbitration provision associated with union contract negotiations. The bill eliminates requirements regarding the Authority assumption of labor contracts, collective bargaining agreements, and the obligations of any transportation system acquired by it with regard to wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, sick leave, and health and welfare and pension or retirement provisions for employees of an existing transit facility acquired by the Authority. These amendments to the Compact shall not become effective until they are enacted by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia and consented to by Congress, as provided for in the Compact.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103483D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/20/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1881 Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; toll rate approval by State Corporation Commission.

Chief patron: Bell, John J.

Summary as introduced:
Toll rate approval by the State Corporation Commission under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988. Requires the State Corporation Commission to ensure that the cost of operating tolled roadways under the Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988 is reasonably apportioned across all users on the basis of the relative distance each class of user travels on the roadway.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103019D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/12/17 House: Impact statement from SCC (HB1881)
01/17/17 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
02/08/17 House: Left in Commerce and Labor

HB 1902 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, et al.; affected local jurisdictions and public entities.

Chief patron: Heretick

Summary as introduced:
Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; affected local jurisdictions and public entities; consideration of economic impact. Requires a private entity requesting approval to develop and operate a qualifying transportation facility under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 or a qualifying project under the Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002 to include an economic impact analysis identifying any potentially adverse economic or revenue impacts a potential comprehensive agreement may have on all affected local jurisdictions. The bill further provides that affected local jurisdictions be given reasonable opportunity to consult with the parties concerning the nature and scope of the impacts and regarding measures that may be taken to avoid or mitigate the impacts or make the agreement revenue-neutral. The bill directs that each responsible public entity must certify compliance with the review of the economic impact analysis provisions.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101372D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/13/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/18/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1902)
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 1929 Public-Private Transportation Act; comprehensive agreement.

Chief patron: Bagby

Summary as passed House:

Public-Private Transportation Act; comprehensive agreement. Requires all comprehensive agreements resulting in privately funded roads open for public transportation to include a provision ensuring funding for adequate staffing, defined in the bill, for general law enforcement by the Virginia State Police.

02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/21/17 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)

HB 1993 Interstate pipeline construction; Department of Transportation oversight.

Chief patron: Habeeb

Summary as passed House:

Pipeline construction; Department of Transportation oversight. Allows the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with any entity constructing interstate pipelines setting forth a reasonable procedure to identify and remedy damage caused by construction of such pipeline to public highways of the Commonwealth.

02/17/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Read third time
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 2021 Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way; public transit or multimodal transportation projects.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:
Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way; public transit or multimodal transportation projects. Provides that the right-of-way of the Norfolk Southern Railway acquired by the City of Virginia Beach may be used for various public transportation projects. Currently, the right-of-way may be used only for a light rail project.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103830D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 2022 Transportation, Department of; traffic incident response and management.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:
Department of Transportation; traffic incident response and management. Allows individuals or entities acting on behalf of the Department of Transportation to operate as needed in response to traffic incidents and to access and to remove from moving lanes on a highway vehicles and cargo that are impeding traffic flow due to a traffic incident. The bill requires a driver to move a vehicle from the roadway after an emergency, accident, or breakdown that did not result in injury or death if the vehicle is movable and the driver is capable of safely doing so. Current law allows drivers to move a vehicle from the roadway after an accident if the vehicle is movable and the driver is capable of safely doing so, but does not require it.

HB 2023 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane-miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane-miles of highway are converted to bicycle-only lanes, provided that the number of moving-lane-miles is not more than 50 moving-lane-miles or three percent of the municipality's total number of moving-lane-miles, whichever is less, and that prior to such conversion the city or town certifies that the conversion design has been assessed by a professional engineer and designed in accordance with certain national standards. Municipalities will not receive additional funds and cannot reduce their funding of road and street maintenance after a conversion. The bill also repeals the provision that allowed the City of Richmond to convert 20 moving-lane-miles to bicycle-only lanes.

02/20/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
02/21/17 Senate: Read third time
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

HB 2120 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA); membership composition.

Chief patron: Keam

Summary as introduced:
Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA); membership composition. Increases from 17 to 18 the membership of the NVTA and provides that the additional nonlegislative citizen member represent towns that receive funds for urban highway systems.

01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/17/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N)
02/03/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2120)
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 2121 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; use of certain revenues by localities.

Chief patron: Keam

Summary as introduced:
Use of certain revenues by the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Allows revenues of the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority distributed to localities to be used, as determined solely by the applicable locality, to fund new sidewalk projects.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102322D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/17/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 2130 Motor vehicles; motor fuel sales tax in certain transportation districts.

Chief patron: Levine

Summary as introduced:
Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts. Provides that the tax that is imposed on the sales price of motor fuel in Northern Virginia shall be imposed on the regional price of gas, defined and computed as a six-month average price of fuel. The regional price has an initial floor of January 11, 2017. If a newly averaged regional price is higher than the preceding regional price, the tax is imposed on the new regional price, but if a newly averaged regional price is less than the preceding regional price, the higher of the two remains the regional price. If the regional price is at any time equal to or greater than the statewide average wholesale price of unleaded regular gasoline on February 20, 2013, then the tax is imposed on the regional price, which moving forward shall not be less than the statewide average wholesale price of unleaded regular gasoline on February 20, 2013, and shall not be more than a price of $4 per gallon of unleaded regular gasoline. The bill also raises the rate of taxation of motor fuel in Northern Virginia from 2.1% to 3%.

The bill also changes the regional gas tax in Hampton Roads from a percentage to a cents-per-gallon tax that decreases as the price of gas increases. The regional gas tax in Hampton Roads would have a floor of $0.05 per gallon and a ceiling of $0.14 per gallon and would be determined on the basis of the average wholesale price of unleaded regular gasoline.

01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/17/17 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
01/25/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2130)
01/25/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/07/17 House: Left in Finance

HB 2136 Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as passed House:

Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. The compact establishes a state safety oversight authority for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Rail System, pursuant to the mandate of federal law, to review, approve, oversee, and enforce the safety of the WMATA Rail System. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to negotiate, on the Commonwealth's behalf, the terms for revision of the WMATA Compact with the other signatories to the WMATA Compact. The bill contains an emergency clause.

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HB 2137 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; regional transportation plan.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as passed House:

Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; regional transportation plan. Requires the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority to annually publish on its website any land use or transportation elements of a locality's comprehensive plan that each locality embraced by the Authority is currently required to report when such locality's plan is inconsistent with the Authority's regional transportation plan. Additionally, the bill requires the Authority to consider for revision and revise as necessary its regional transportation plan at least once every five years. The Authority is required to specify any obstacles to achieving a reduction in congestion in Planning District 8 and any need for cooperation by other regional entities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.

HB 2138 Transportation planning, state and local; adoption of comprehensive plan in Northern Virginia.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as passed House:

State and local transportation planning. Provides that in its adoption of any comprehensive plan in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia) or review of a proposed rezoning in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia), the Department of Transportation shall consider the transportation impact of the proposed plan or rezoning on any transportation facility for which a reduction in the level of service is anticipated as a result of the proposed plan or rezoning.

HB 2139 Highways, Commissioner of; annual report requirements.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as passed House:

Commissioner of Highways; annual report requirements. Requires that the Commissioner of Highways, in his annual report, report specifically about transportation projects approved or modified during the prior fiscal year and include a listing of the total number of lane miles of all primary and secondary roads that have been resurfaced and all primary and secondary roads that are rated "poor" or "very poor."

HB 2241 Transportation planning activities; responsibility of Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment.

Chief patron: Jones

Summary as passed:

Department of Transportation; Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation; responsibilities. Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning activities from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. The bill specifies VDOT's core functions and limits the agency's duties to those core functions. The bill requires transparency in the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program and the State of Good Repair Program by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) and requires the CTB and VDOT to make public certain information related to the selection of projects. This bill is identical to SB 1331.

02/17/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2241ER)
02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/20/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2244 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; changes name of Advisory Committee.

Chief patron: Jones

Summary as passed House:

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Changes the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Advisory Committee to the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee and provides that the Deputy Secretary of Transportation on the Committee serves as the chairman of the Committee. The bill provides that the responsible public entity may grant approval for the development and/or operation of a transportation facility by a private entity if that entity can develop and/or operate the transportation facility for less cost than the Department of Transportation (VDOT) or the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The bill requires the chief executive officer of the responsible public entity to certify in writing to the Governor and the General Assembly that there has been no material change since the finding of public interest that the public contribution requested by the private entity does not exceed the maximum public contribution. The bill clarifies that the finding of public interest by the Steering Committee shall be made after receipt of responses to the request for qualifications and prior to the issuance of the first draft request for proposals. The bill requires the responsible public entity, when such entity is VDOT or DRPT, to ensure competition through the procurement process and develop a public sector analysis of the cost for the responsible entity to develop and/or operate the transportation facility. The bill requires VDOT or DRPT and the Steering Committee to review the public sector analysis prior to the initiation of any procurement. The bill adds to the information required to be included in the finding of public interest a description of the benefits expected to be realized by the responsible public entity and a public sector analysis demonstrating that the private sector can deliver the project for less cost than the responsible public entity.

02/16/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/20/17 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (91-Y 2-N)
02/20/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (91-Y 2-N)

HB 2403 Vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates; use of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.

Chief patron: Greason

Summary as introduced:
Vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates; use of high occupancy toll lanes. Exempts vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates that were obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) before July 1, 2011, from any high occupancy toll lane designation of Interstate 66, and exempts vehicles bearing clean special fuel license plates that were obtained from the DMV before July 1, 2006, from any high occupancy toll lane designation of Interstates 95 and 395 inside the Capital Beltway until January 1, 2020.

01/18/17 House: Presented and ordered printed 17103694D
01/18/17 House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/24/17 House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
01/25/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2403)
02/07/17 House: Left in Transportation

HB 2422 Insurance institution or agent; notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices.

Chief patron: Hugo

Summary as passed House:

Insurance institutions and agents; notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices. Creates an exemption from the requirement that insurance institutions and agents provide policyholders with an annual notice of financial information collection and disclosure practices in connection with insurance transactions. The exemption applies when the insurance institution or agent provides nonpublic personal information to nonaffiliated third parties only in accordance with § 38.2-613 and has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic financial information from the policies and practices that were disclosed in the most recent notice sent to the policyholder.

02/16/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/20/17 House: Enrolled
02/20/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2422ER)
02/21/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

HB 2448 Traffic congestion; measures to relieve in certain areas of the Commonwealth.

Chief patron: Marshall, R.G.

Summary as introduced:
Measures to relieve traffic congestion in certain areas of the Commonwealth. Requires that 50 percent of payments from the Commissioner of Highways to a locality for the maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of highways be based on the ratio of vehicle miles traveled on highways within the locality to the total vehicle miles traveled on highways in the Commonwealth. Under current law, such payments are based on the number of moving-lane-miles in the locality, and under the bill, the remaining 50 percent of such payments will continue on that basis.

The bill establishes a refundable individual income tax credit, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2017, but before January 1, 2022, in an amount equal to 50 percent of the value of any tolls paid for driving on Interstate Route 66.

01/20/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/20/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation
01/27/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2448)
01/30/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/08/17 House: Left in Appropriations

HB 2463 Highways, Commissioner of; commercial establishment entrances.

Chief patron: Hodges

Summary as passed House:

Commissioner of Highways; commercial establishment entrances. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to document and maintain a list of anyone who has requested an onsite meeting with the resident engineer or his staff for the purpose of connecting commercial establishment entrances to the paved part of the highway. The bill requires that such list include recommendations regarding compliance with the Department of Transportation's design standards and access management regulations and the Commonwealth Transportation Board's regulations regarding land use permits, as well as associated cost estimates. The bill requires such list be provided to a locality upon request.

HB 2474 Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; established, report.

Chief patron: Pillion

Summary as passed House:

Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; report. Creates the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority to improve the transportation into, from, within, and through Southwest Virginia, assist in regional economic development, and generally enhance highway safety in the affected localities through development of a proposed Coalfields Expressway. The bill regulates the membership and duties of the Authority.

HJ 617 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 gubernatorial review.

Chief patron: LeMunyon

Summary as introduced:
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 gubernatorial review. Requests the Governor to review the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 and enter into discussions with his counterparts in the District of Columbia and Maryland to identify possible improvements to the agreement, particularly with regard to the governance, financing, and operation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

02/03/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/10/17 Senate: Reported from Rules
02/13/17 Senate: Reading waived (39-Y 0-N)
02/14/17 Senate: Read third time
02/14/17 Senate: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote

HJ 648 Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report.

Chief patron: Heretick

Summary as introduced:
Study; JLARC; impact of state-owned ports on local governments; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to review and update its 1999 study entitled "Review of the Impact of State-Owned Ports on Local Governments."

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101395D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/26/17 House: Tabled in Rules

HJ 689 Study; joint subcommittee to study public transportation in Hampton Roads; report.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:
Study; joint subcommittee to study public transportation in Hampton Roads; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study governance and funding for public transportation in Hampton Roads.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102048D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/12/17 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
01/16/17 House: Stricken from docket by Rules

HJ 690 Study; joint subcommittee to study mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads; report.

Chief patron: Villanueva

Summary as introduced:
Study; joint subcommittee to study mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads; report. Establishes a joint subcommittee to study the feasibility and practicality of building a mega-region airport in Greater Hampton Roads.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103631D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/12/17 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
01/26/17 House: Tabled in Rules

HJ 691 Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; noise abatement remedies.

Chief patron: Murphy

Summary as introduced:
Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; noise abatement remedies. Requests the Virginia Department of Transportation to develop, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, procedures to measure and assess the noise impact on neighborhoods that were previously studied for noise impact but ineligible for noise abatement mitigation remedies at the time of the study.

01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101181D
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
01/12/17 House: Assigned Rules sub: Studies
01/26/17 House: Tabled in Rules

HJ 693 Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds.

Chief patron: LaRock

Summary as introduced:
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Funds. Requires the General Assembly to maintain permanent and separate Transportation Funds to include the Commonwealth Transportation Fund, Transportation Trust Fund, Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund, and other funds established by general law for transportation. The amendment directs that revenues dedicated to Transportation Funds on January 1, 2018, by general law, other than a general appropriation law, shall be deposited to the Transportation Funds, unless the General Assembly by general law, other than a general appropriation law, alters the revenues dedicated to the Funds. The amendment limits the use of Fund moneys to transportation and related purposes. The amendment specifies that the General Assembly may borrow from the Funds for other purposes only by a vote of two-thirds plus one of the members voting in each house and that the loan must be repaid with reasonable interest within four years.

02/22/17 Senate: Read third time
02/22/17 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
02/22/17 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
02/22/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
02/22/17 Senate: Passed by for the day

SB 60 Commonwealth of Virginia Transform I-66 Corridor Outside the Beltway Bond Act of 2016; created.

Chief patron: Hanger

Summary as passed Senate:

Bonds; tolls on I-66. Authorizes the Treasury Board to issue bonds pursuant to Article X, Section 9 (c) of the Constitution of Virginia in an amount up to $1.5 billion plus financing costs to finance the costs of acquiring, constructing, and equipping dynamically tolled lanes on a portion of Interstate 66. Issuance of the bonds is contingent on (i) the Commissioner of Highways finding that the private parties are unable to deliver the I-66 project outside the Beltway in a way that meets the term sheet, (ii) the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Advisory Committee concurs with the Commissioner's finding, and (iii) that the Secretary of Finance further concurs and finds that the issuance of bonds is in the public interest. The bill is contingently effective on the requirements for changing the HOV-2 designation on I-66 being met and the Secretary certifying that such requirements have been met. No bonds shall be issued prior to February 20, 2017.

02/17/16 House: Read first time
02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/22/16 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation
03/07/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Appropriations
12/01/16 House: Left in Appropriations

SB 255 Toll relief; Department of Transportation to study.

Chief patron: Surovell

Summary as introduced:

Department of Transportation to study toll relief. Requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a survey of other states' toll relief programs and evaluate potential methods of toll relief for citizens of the Commonwealth. The Department shall submit a report of its findings no later than the first day of the 2017 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

01/06/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103393D
01/06/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/04/16 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB255)
02/05/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Rules (14-Y 0-N)
12/02/16 Senate: Left in Rules

SB 365 Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions.

Chief patron: Chafin

Summary as introduced:
Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions. Provides that projects on U.S. Route 460 and U.S. Route 121 are not subject to the prioritization process that the Commonwealth Transportation Board applies to projects eligible for state funding.

02/02/16 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB365)
02/03/16 Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments (7-Y 5-N 1-A)
02/03/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
02/10/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Finance (12-Y 3-N)
12/02/16 Senate: Left in Finance

SB 669 Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes.

Chief patron: Alexander

Summary as introduced:
Highway maintenance payments; bicycle lanes. Provides that cities and towns that receive highway maintenance payments from the Commonwealth based on moving-lane miles of highway will not have such payments reduced if moving-lane miles of highway are converted to bicycle-only lanes, provided that the number of moving-lane-miles is not more than 50 moving-lane-miles or 3% of the municipality's total number of moving-lane-miles, whichever is less. Municipalities will not receive additional funds and cannot reduce their funding of road and street maintenance after a conversion. The bill also repeals the provision that allowed City of Richmond to convert 20 moving-lane-miles to bicycle-only lanes.

03/10/16 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
03/10/16 House: Rereferred to Transportation
03/10/16 House: Pursuant to House Rule 22
03/10/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Transportation
12/01/16 House: Left in Transportation

SB 702 Bridge structures; attachment to locality, annual service fee.

Chief patron: Lucas

Summary as introduced:
Bridge structures; attachment to locality; annual service fee. Provides that a bridge constructed and operated in accordance with Chapter 581 of the Acts of Assembly of 2009, known as the Jordan Bridge, is not within either locality to which it is attached. The bill requires the owners of such bridge to pay each such locality, the Cities of Chesapeake and Portsmouth, an annual service fee of five cents per toll paid on the bridge, divided equally between the two localities.

01/21/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16104182D
01/21/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/02/16 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB702)
02/03/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
12/02/16 Senate: Left in Transportation

SB 742 Motor vehicles; fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts.

Chief patron: Wagner

Summary as passed Senate:

Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts. Changes the regional gas tax in Hampton Roads from a percentage to a cents per gallon tax that decreases as the price of gas increases. The regional gas tax in Hampton Roads would have a floor of $0.05 per gallon and a ceiling of $0.14 per gallon and would be determined on the basis of the average wholesale price of unleaded regular gasoline. The bill places a floor on the price of gasoline that the regional gas tax is imposed on in Northern Virginia that is identical to the floor used for the statewide gas tax and increases the regional gas tax in Northern Virginia from 2.1% to 3%.

02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
02/24/16 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
02/26/16 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017
02/29/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Finance
12/01/16 House: Left in Finance

SB 887 Prioritization of statewide transportation projects; exceptions.

Chief patron: Chafin

12/20/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101159D
12/20/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/25/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Transportation with letter (13-Y 0-N)

SB 921 Commonwealth Transportation Board; statewide prioritization process.

Chief patron: Edwards

Summary as introduced:
Commonwealth Transportation Board; statewide prioritization process. Requires travel time reliability to be one of the factors used by the Commonwealth Transportation Board in its statewide prioritization process.

12/27/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102758D
12/27/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/25/17 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)

SB 929 Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA); membership composition.

Chief patron: Petersen

12/27/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102740D
12/27/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/02/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (11-Y 4-N)

SB 1013 Host Localities Economic Development Incentive and Transportation Support Funds; created, etc.

Chief patron: Lucas

Summary as passed Senate:

Host Cities Economic Development Incentive and Host Localities Transportation Support Funds. Creates the Host Localities Economic Development Incentive Fund, administered by the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, to support economic development, growth of existing businesses, and job creation related to the Port of Virginia in one or more host localities. The bill also creates the Host Localities Transportation Support Fund, administered by the Secretary of Transportation, to support transportation projects and facilities related to the Port of Virginia in one or more host localities. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

02/08/17 House: Read first time
02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/08/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation
02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/21/17 House: Left in Appropriations

SB 1092 Motor vehicle fuels; establishes a floor on sales tax imposed in Northern Virginia.

Chief patron: Petersen

Summary as introduced:

Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts; price floor. Establishes a floor on the 2.1 percent tax imposed on motor vehicle fuels sold in Northern Virginia by requiring that the average sales price upon which the tax is based be no less than the statewide average sales price on July 1, 2013. This bill was incorporated into SB 1456.

01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101882D
01/06/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
01/25/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1092)
01/31/17 Senate: Incorporated by Finance (SB1456-Wagner) (16-Y 0-N)

SB 1209 Virginia Highway Corporation Act of 1988; powers of State Corporation Commission.

Chief patron: Wexton

01/10/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103566D
01/10/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/16/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 5-N)
01/18/17 Senate: Impact statement from SCC (SB1209)

SB 1251 Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Virginia authorized to become signatory.

Chief patron: Barker

Summary as passed Senate:

02/20/17 House: House insisted on substitute
02/20/17 House: House requested conference committee
02/21/17 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
02/21/17 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
02/21/17 Senate: Senators: Barker, DeSteph, Cosgrove

SB 1322 Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; changes name of Advisory Committee.

Chief patron: Carrico

Summary as passed Senate:

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995. Renames the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Advisory Committee the Transportation Public-Private Partnership Steering Committee (the Steering Committee) and provides that the Deputy Secretary of Transportation shall serve as the chairman of the Steering Committee. The bill provides that, under the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995, a responsible public entity may grant approval for the development and/or operation of a transportation facility by a private entity if that private entity can develop and/or operate the transportation facility for less cost than the Department of Transportation (VDOT) or the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The bill requires the chief executive officer of the responsible public entity to certify in writing to the Governor and the General Assembly that there has been no material change to the finding that a public-private partnership is in the best interest of the public since the finding was issued and that the public contribution requested by the private entity does not exceed the maximum public contribution. The bill clarifies that the finding of public interest by the Steering Committee shall be made after receipt of responses to the request for qualifications and prior to the issuance of the first draft request for proposals. The bill requires the responsible public entity, when such entity is VDOT or DRPT, to ensure competition through the procurement process and develop a public sector analysis of the cost for the responsible entity to develop and/or operate the transportation facility. The bill requires VDOT or DRPT and the Steering Committee to review the public sector analysis prior to the initiation of any procurement. The bill adds to the information required to be included in the finding of public interest a description of the benefits expected to be realized by the responsible public entity and a public sector analysis demonstrating that the private sector can deliver the project for less cost than the responsible public entity.

02/15/17 House: Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
02/15/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
02/17/17 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
02/22/17 Senate: Enrolled
02/22/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1322ER)

SB 1331 Transportation planning activities; responsibility of Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment.

Chief patron: Carrico

Summary as passed Senate:

Department of Transportation; Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation; responsibilities. Shifts responsibilities for transportation planning activities from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment of the Secretary of Transportation. The bill specifies VDOT's core functions and limits the agency's duties to those core functions. The bill requires transparency in the development of the Six-Year Improvement Program and State of Good Repair Program by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) and requires the CTB and VDOT to make public certain information related to the selection of projects. This bill is identical to HB 2241.

02/15/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1331ER)
02/15/17 House: Signed by Speaker
02/17/17 Senate: Signed by President
02/17/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
02/17/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017

SB 1456 Motor vehicle fuels; definitions, sales tax in certain transportation districts, price floor.

Chief patron: Wagner

Summary as passed Senate:

Motor vehicle fuels sales tax in certain transportation districts; price floor. Places a floor on the 2.1 percent tax imposed on motor vehicle fuels sold in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads by ensuring that the tax is not imposed on a price that is less than the statewide average wholesale price of gasoline or diesel fuel on February 20, 2013, which is the date used as a floor on the statewide motor vehicle fuels sales tax. This bill incorporates SB 1092.

02/03/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 12-N)
02/08/17 House: Placed on Calendar
02/08/17 House: Read first time
02/08/17 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
02/13/17 House: Tabled in Finance

SB 1536 Toll facilities; operator in Northern Virginia to inform motorists of toll price.

Chief patron: McPike

Summary as introduced:
Toll facility operators in Planning District 8. Requires the operator of a toll facility located in Planning District 8 that uses dynamic pricing to notify motorists using smart roadway technologies of the toll price and estimated travel time for each posted destination.

01/20/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103238D
01/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
02/01/17 Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Transportation (12-Y 0-N)

SJ 84 Public transportation services; DRPT to evaluate study necessary to identify, etc.

Chief patron: Surovell

Summary as introduced:

Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; improved transportation services; report. Requests that the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (the Department) evaluate the level of study necessary to identify and advance potential public transportation services from the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station to Marine Corps Base Quantico in Prince William and Stafford Counties, including the feasibility of extending the Blue Line and other multimodal options such as bus rapid transit along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. Following the evaluation, the Department shall proceed to the recommended level of study for improved public transportation services along the U.S. Route 1 corridor. The Department shall report on its findings and recommendations by the first day of the 2017 and 2018 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly.

01/13/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102006D
01/13/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
02/11/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Rules
12/02/16 Senate: Left in Rules

Counts: HB: 27 HJ: 6 SB: 17 SJ: 1