---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; 3.5 percent of Fund may be allocated to NVTC."
description: "Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; 3.5 percent of Fund may be allocated to NVTC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1079"
citation: "Virginia SB 1079 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cosgrove"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e668b922-7cdc-4434-9c52-ebe0db46a57f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1079"
source_hash: "1c54919916e079af57b1f3c6d6643235eb7f5d02768d9990f2de51c0af494546"
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 1079 (2023) — Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; 3.5 percent of Fund may be allocated to NVTC.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0363** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0363)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106748D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1079H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101351D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1079)
4. **SB1079ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1079ER)

## Votes

- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cosgrove — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101351D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1079)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106748D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1079H1)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106748D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1079H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106748D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1079ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB1079ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 363 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0363)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e668b922-7cdc-4434-9c52-ebe0db46a57f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).