I noticed that my comment from last night was not entirely accurate, so I thought it best to just go through each of my nine favorite bills and see where they are before day three is finished.
HB 6002 (Cole) and SB 6001 (Cuccinelli) – sales tax revenue redirect: The former is in the House Rules Committee (Bill Howel’s committee), where it looks set to die; the latter is in the Senate Finance Committee (where it’s on today’s docket).
HB 6018 (Gear) – sales tax revenue shift to NoVa and HR: In the House Rules Committee, I don’t expect much of a shot for this one either.
SB 6002 (Miller) and HB 6008 (Oder) - HRTA abolition: Oder’s bill hasn’t even been given to a committee yet, but Miller’s version is on the Senate Finance Committee docket.
HJ 6001 (Oder) - Constitutional Amendment ensuring transportation funds stay in transportation: PASSED BY THE PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE BY A 20-0 VOTE (a similar version actually made it out of the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee by a 9-0 vote).
HB 6025 (Frederick) – downloads local roads: Dying in House Rules Committee. Note to the RPV Chairman: Bill Howell just told you to drop dead. Any response?
HB6005 (Oder) VDOT Audit: Incorporated into HB6023 (Lingamfelter)
HB6023 (Lingamfelter) audit of just about every transportation agency in state government: PASSED BY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE BY 17-4 VOTE.
So, the constitutional amendment looks like it’s in great shape, and the transportation audit looks good in the House (so far). We’ll see what happens to the Cuccinelli and Miller bills later today. The rest don’t look to good right now.
June 25, 2008 at 9:47 pm |
[...] one change on the eight good bills since this morning (and other observations) Yes, it was nine this morning, but the Oder audit bill was incorporated into the Lingamfelter audit bill (which was broader). [...]
June 26, 2008 at 11:26 am |
You mean the lockbox that Kaine promised to enact, but as yet hasn’t supported might actually have a chance to pass?
June 26, 2008 at 4:24 pm |
[...] all of Bob Marshall’s bills to reduce spending (and Jeff Frederick’s bill to download local roads) are still buried in [...]
July 9, 2008 at 10:10 pm |
[...] If the legislature wants to give localities more control over roads, it should pass Jeff Frederick’s road download bill. [...]
July 9, 2008 at 11:19 pm |
[...] hands entirely and gives it to local governments. Newly elected RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick made that the center of his transportation plan, only to have Bill Howell bury the bill in the House Rules [...]
July 9, 2008 at 11:33 pm |
[...] all of Bob Marshall’s bills to reduce spending (and Jeff Frederick’s bill to download local roads) are still buried in [...]
July 15, 2008 at 8:54 pm |
[...] expected my support, he;d have to both oppose any tax increases and propose an alternative. Well, he did both; for me, that’s proper atonement for his [...]