---
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: "HB 1496"
citation: "Virginia HB 1496 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9566e01e-47c9-492f-a282-a688b5d4c12c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1496"
source_hash: "42926d25a97b3a6b558f266e2fa720f203d9bf1336d3dbf0382aa6fd57250077"
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 1496 (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. **CHAP0362** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0362)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104630D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1496H1)
3. **HB1496ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1496ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101926D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1496)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Austin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101926D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute printed 23104630D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23104630D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1496H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1496H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1496ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1496ER)
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9566e01e-47c9-492f-a282-a688b5d4c12c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).