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 · Senate Feb 11, 2020
How they voted
31–7
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Feb 11, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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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