House passes highway reform bill; Senate vote next
Friday - 2/22/2013, 8:17pm ET
By BOB LEWIS
AP Political Writer
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's House of Delegates has voted to approve what would become the first major reform in a generation of the state's system for financing its highway network.
Friday's vote was 60-40.
If the Senate follows suit, that puts the legislation in front of Gov. Bob McDonnell, who put transportation at the forefront of his policy agenda and has staked his legacy on its passage.
Democrats: Luke Torian
VOTING NO
Democrats: Bob Brink, David Bulova, Eileen Filler-Corn, Charniele Herring, Patrick Hope, Mark Keam, Kaye Kory, Robert Krupicka, Alfonso Lopez, Ken Plum, James Scott, Mark Sickles, Scott Surovell and Vivian Watts
The bill replaces Virginia's 17 and a half cents-per-gallon retail gasoline
tax with a
3.5 percent wholesale tax on gasoline and a 6 percent levy on diesel fuel.
It also boosts statewide sales taxes from 5 percent to 5.3 percent and uses
more of the existing sales tax, increases the titling tax on car sales and adds a
$100 fee to the purchase of fuel-sipping hybrid vehicles.
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VOTING YES
Republicans: David Albo, Richard Anderson, Mark Dudenhefer, Tag Greason, Bill Howell, Timothy Hugo, Joe May, Jackson Miller, Randy Minchew and Tom Rust
Republicans: Mark Cole, Barbara Comstock, James LeMunyon, Scott Lingamfelter, Bob Marshall, David Ramadan and Michael Webert
