---
type: "Bill"
title: "Valluvar Way; designating as Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County."
description: "Valluvar Highway. Designates Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County as \"Valluvar Highway.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1238"
citation: "Virginia HB 1238 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abdf2984-4008-4d22-aee1-268038b00249"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1238"
source_hash: "b79599a72465480a4f540f11a2b022f26ecfe28ac8e6f23b741c6a0922a0ca0b"
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 1238 (2022) — Valluvar Way; designating as Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County.

Valluvar Highway. Designates Brentwall Drive in Fairfax County as "Valluvar Highway."

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0517** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0517)
2. **HB1238ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1238ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22104412D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1238)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22104412D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1238E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- George L. Barker — cosponsor (person)
- J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 22104412D `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1238)
- **2022-02-01** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1238E
- **2022-02-04** Printed as engrossed 22104412D-E
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1238E)
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-23** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1238ER)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 517 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abdf2984-4008-4d22-aee1-268038b00249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).