House Bill 97 (Motorcycles
Two Abreast) passed out of sub-committee on a 5-2 vote. House Bill 187
(Motorcycle Only Checkpoints) was passed by for the day as the patron, Delegate
Todd Gilbert, had to be in another committee. The votes for and against HB 97
are listed below:
Those who voted in
favor of the bill:
John A. Cox - DelJCox@house.virginia.gov
Barbara Comstock - DelBComstock@house.virginia.gov
Richard L. “Rich” Anderson
- DelRAnderson@house.virginia.gov
Randall J. Minchew - DelRMinchew@house.virginia.gov
Randall J. Minchew - DelRMinchew@house.virginia.gov
Betsy Carr - Delegate.Carr@betsycarr.org
Those who voted against the bill:
Jeion Antonia Ward
- DelJWard@house.virginia.gov
As an aside, Delegate
Comstock strongly supported the bill and spoke numerous times in favor of it.
She was the Delegate to make the motion to report the bill to the full
committee. Please feel free to send her an email thanking her for her support.
For that matter feel free to email them all. I also want to give a special
thanks to a few brave souls who got up at the crack of dawn to join Tom, Jim
and I at the 7:00 a.m. sub-committee hearing. Both Ray Hinkle and Gary Traylor
drove in from Nottoway . These are the two
riders who were charged in Crewe with reckless
driving because they pulled up next to each other at a stop light. Their
presence had a huge impact on the sub-committee members. We were also joined
by Archie Scarborough and Bill Via. Bill did a great job adding his own
comments to the debate this morning.
This means that the
bill moves on to the full committee. The bill is not on tomorrow’s
docket at this time so it should be heard Tuesday afternoon one half hour after
session adjourns. Jim and I will be there all day tomorrow trying to speak
with the members of the full committee that were not in sub. This means we
need to get those emails going again. I cannot stress how important it is to
contact the committee members in support of this bill. All of our supporters
stressed how impressed they were by the numerous emails that they had
received. I have listed the members of the full House Transportation Committee
as well as their email addresses below. As soon as we have a firm date for
when the bill will be heard in committee I will let you know. I will also let
you know when HB 187 will be heard but I am confident that it will be next
Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. in House Transportation Sub-Committee 2.
Matt Danielson
Delegate May (Chairman) – DelJMay@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Cosgrove – DelJCosgrove@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Rust – DelTRust@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Hugo – DelTHugo@house.virginia.gov
Delegate E.T. Scott – DelEScott@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Tata – DelBTata@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Villanueva – DelRVillanueva@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Comstock - DelBComstock@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Garrett - DelSGarrett@house.virginia.gov
Delegate J. A. Cox - DelJCox@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Habeeb – DelGHabeeb@house.virginia.gov
Delegate
Anderson - DelRAnderson@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Minchew - DelRMinchew@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Yancey – DelDYancey@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Dudenhefer - DelMDudenhefer@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Ward – DelJWard@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Bacote – DelMBaCote@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Brink – DelRBrink@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Toscano – DelDToscano@house.virginia.gov
Delegate McQuinn - DelDMcQuinn@house.virginia.gov
Delegate Carr – Delegate.Carr@betsycarr.org
Delegate Filler-Corn - DelEFiller-Corn@house.virginia.gov
PS – Here is
a link to a story published by the Virginian Pilot on HB 97 should you wish to
read it or add your comments. http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/va-house-bill-would-let-motorcyclists-ride-side-side
