New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation of authority in Planning District 4.
Summary
New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation. Authorizes the creation of a regional passenger rail station authority in Planning District 4 to assist in the creation and maintenance of passenger rail in the region. The authority would be authorized to enter into revenue sharing agreements and to issue revenue bonds. The authority would be governed by a board consisting of members of each participating locality and institution of higher education.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 8, 2021
Signed Mar 25, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 17, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
13
Committee
15
Amendments
4
Mar 25, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1893E
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Transportation (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation
lower
Jan 8, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100517D
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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