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Sen. Dick Saslaw

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Total votes
17,145
all sessions
Attendance
98%
238 missed
Higher than 81% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 88% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
511
bills & resolutions
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
Committees
0
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Primary SB 856
Passed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
Mass transit; makes numerous changes to administration of and revenues for transit.

Makes numerous changes to the administration of and revenues for mass transit in the Commonwealth, specifically as it relates to  funding of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and the disbursement of funds in the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. The bill sets a floor on the average price of fuel used to calculate the regional motor sales tax as the price of gas on February 20, 2013, the same floor that is used to calculate the state fuels tax. The bill uses the existing regional congestion relief fee and a new regional transient occupancy tax in the Northern Virginia region to raise additional revenues for mass transit, and authorizes the issuance of $50 million in bonds only for a required federal match. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the federal government adopting similar actions to raise revenues for WMATA. This bill incorporates

Passed Feb 28, 2018 0 co-sponsors
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