HB712
Highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities; authority to name.
Summary
As Introduced. Naming highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities.
Removes the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (the Board) to name any highway, bridge, interchange, or other transportation facility forming a part of the system of state highways after a private entity. The bill provides that the Board shall not have the power to name any highway, bridge, interchange, ... (More) or transportation facility that has been or may hereafter be named by the General Assembly, nor may the name chosen by the Board reflect the name of any living person. The bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Transportation develop guidelines on the naming of highways, bridges, interchanges, and other transportation facilities after private entities. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2018 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101542D
- 01/09/2018 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/26/2018 - House: Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/06/2018 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 2-N)
- 02/08/2018 - House: Reported from Transportation with amendments (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/10/2018 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2018 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2018 - House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/2018 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB712E
- 02/12/2018 - House: Printed as engrossed 18101542D-E
- 02/13/2018 - House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/13/2018 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/14/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/14/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/28/2018 - Senate: Reported from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2018 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2018 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2018 - Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to (21-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2018 - Senate: Recommitted to Transportation
- 03/10/2018 - Senate: Left in Transportation
