---
type: "Bill"
title: "Primary and secondary highways; compensation of counties for certain construction."
description: "Compensation of counties for certain constructionand improvement of primary and secondary highways. Allows theDepartment of Transportation to pay a locality up-front for eligible expenses related to certain transportation projects administeredby the locality, instead of being reimbursed after completion ofthe project. The bill also removes language related to an obsoletefunding formula."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1518"
citation: "Virginia HB 1518 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59454b0e-5ba7-4024-a8df-51c4e746e788"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1518"
source_hash: "9b499640bf117a20cbd5b30813a411d7baffbf7221a9c0705c32b67567f7fbc8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1518 (2020) — Primary and secondary highways; compensation of counties for certain construction.

Compensation of counties for certain constructionand improvement of primary and secondary highways. Allows theDepartment of Transportation to pay a locality up-front for eligible expenses related to certain transportation projects administeredby the locality, instead of being reimbursed after completion ofthe project. The bill also removes language related to an obsoletefunding formula.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0784)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0784)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1518ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1518ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1518)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1518)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20103783D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1518)
- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-06** Enrolled
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1518ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 784 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59454b0e-5ba7-4024-a8df-51c4e746e788`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).