The goes to the floor of the Ohio House Thursday, after it was overwhelmingly approved by a House committee Wednesday.
After less than a month since its introduction,Chair Rep. Scott Oelslager (R-North Canton) reported the vote count on the two-year transportation budget: 29-4.
House members took out Gov. Mike DeWine鈥檚 $10 increase in vehicle fees, which would have raised $127 million for the state Highway Patrol. But they boosted funding for the patrol by $50 million a year.
The Finance committee removed a provision hiking fines for distracted driving, they reduced fees on alternative fuel vehicles and they put back . Half of the committee鈥檚 eight Democrats voted against the bill.
The transportation budget must be in place by March 31, though it was .
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