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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fare enforcement inspectors; enforcement of payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1931"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1931 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/472b5aac-75d0-477a-866c-38b0509208d6"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1931"
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source_hash: "ab5992c2773fb9df5dcde3563922d20f6bb03d7549e460245a32e113459e93ec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1931 (2017) — Fare enforcement inspectors; enforcement of payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0070)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0070)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1931ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1931ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100410D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1931)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **10–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **27–12** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **91–4** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **19–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **97–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **33–5** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- G. Manoli Loupassi — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100410D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-08** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2017-02-08** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-10** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-10** Senate amendment agreed to by House (91-Y 4-N)
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- **2017-02-13** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
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- **2017-02-14** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
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- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/472b5aac-75d0-477a-866c-38b0509208d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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