Vehicle registration fees; Public Safety Trust Fund created.
Summary
Vehicle registration fees; Public Safety TrustFund. Imposes an additional vehicle registration fee to be depositedinto the Public Safety Trust Fund, established by the bill. The additionalregistration fee would be $1.25 per year beginning July 1, 2020,and would be increased over a period of 10 years to $12.50 per year.The revenues in the Public Safety Trust Fund would be used to addressstaffing, retention, and pay suppression issues at the Departmentof State Police.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Feb 20, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation with amendments (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Transportation (9-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 15, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20104768D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JE
John Edwards
DDemocratic
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