Mass transit; establishing various Funds to improve transportation.
Summary
. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board (the Board) to develop a prioritization process for the use of funds in the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund (the Fund), based on criteria specified in the bill. The prioritization process would apply to capital projects administered by the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). The bill establishes separate prioritization processes for the Board's Six Year-Improvement Program, state of good repair projects, and major expansion projects. The bill directs the Board to solicit input from various organizations, including localities and other stakeholders, on its development of prioritization processes and to create a Transit Service Advisory Committee to advise DRPT.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2018
Last action Mar 10, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Mar 10, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 6, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1539S1
legislature
Mar 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 18107698D-S1
legislature
Feb 14, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
legislature
Feb 13, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N)
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1539EH2
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Hugo agreed to
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute from Appropriations agreed to 18107016D-H2
legislature
Feb 12, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by temporarily
legislature
Feb 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Committee
Referred from Rules by voice vote
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
legislature
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 18105516D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Timothy D. Hugo
RRepublican
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