republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1931.md

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Bill	Fare enforcement inspectors; enforcement of payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities.	Provides for the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities operated anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently, fare enforcement inspectors may be appointed only in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). Under current law, failure of a transit user to pay the fare or produce proof of fare payment to such fare enforcement inspectors carries a civil penalty of not more than $100. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1931	Virginia HB 1931 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Transportation	enacted	Betsy B. Carr	3	20	9	2017-01-10	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/472b5aac-75d0-477a-866c-38b0509208d6	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1931	ab5992c2773fb9df5dcde3563922d20f6bb03d7549e460245a32e113459e93ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1931 (2017) — Fare enforcement inspectors; enforcement of payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities.

Provides for the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities operated anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently, fare enforcement inspectors may be appointed only in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). Under current law, failure of a transit user to pay the fare or produce proof of fare payment to such fare enforcement inspectors carries a civil penalty of not more than $100. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1931ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100410D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 10–5 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 27–12 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 91–4 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 19–1 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 97–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 33–5 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
• G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100410D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-08 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-08 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-10 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-10 Senate amendment agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/472b5aac-75d0-477a-866c-38b0509208d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).