U.S. Route 501; increases max. speed limit between Town of South Boston & North Carolina state line.
Summary
Increases from 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour the maximum speed limit on U.S. Route 501 between the Town of South Boston and the North Carolina state line.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 1, 2017
Last action Mar 5, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
legislature
Feb 6, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Feb 5, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3
legislature
Dec 1, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Dec 1, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100601D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Edmunds
RRepublican
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