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Bill	Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory.	Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. The compact establishes a state safety oversight authority for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Rail System, pursuant to the mandate of federal law, to review, approve, oversee, and enforce the safety of the WMATA Rail System. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to negotiate, on the Commonwealth's behalf, the terms for revision of the WMATA Compact with the other signatories to the WMATA Compact. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2136	Virginia HB 2136 (2017)	bill	Emergency Legislation Highways Bridges and Ferries Study Commissions Committees and Reports Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area	enacted	James M. LeMunyon	4	24	10	2017-01-11	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/50bda2e0-4bbd-4534-9e9a-3c2b45aa702a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2136	751ae17cf2730c436a21f876797b0135122e9e5990c9e249d765220c78085cec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2136 (2017) — Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory.

Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact. The compact establishes a state safety oversight authority for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Rail System, pursuant to the mandate of federal law, to review, approve, oversee, and enforce the safety of the WMATA Rail System. The bill requires the Secretary of Transportation to negotiate, on the Commonwealth's behalf, the terms for revision of the WMATA Compact with the other signatories to the WMATA Compact. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0696) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2136ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104697D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102733D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• David B. Albo — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102733D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104697D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Emergency clause added
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2136H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Rereferred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-20 Amendment by Senator Carrico agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective 3/24/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50bda2e0-4bbd-4534-9e9a-3c2b45aa702a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).