---
type: "Bill"
title: "Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; changes report date."
description: "Northern Virginia Transportation Commission;report date. Changes from November 1 to December 15 the annualreporting date of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commissionto the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the performanceof the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 848"
citation: "Virginia SB 848 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adam P. Ebbin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42c731cc-2373-438d-aaec-092e72c6e6bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB848"
source_hash: "396dc92eb5063a7320d078739d9a54dfefb561a190fa49c10177002680e7c4d0"
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 SB 848 (2020) — Northern Virginia Transportation Commission; changes report date.

Northern Virginia Transportation Commission;report date. Changes from November 1 to December 15 the annualreporting date of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commissionto the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the performanceof the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0792)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0792)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB848ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB848ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB848)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB848)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102147D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB848)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB848ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** 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 792 (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/42c731cc-2373-438d-aaec-092e72c6e6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).