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type: "Bill"
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title: "Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory."
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description: "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."
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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 2136"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2136 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Washington", "D.C. Metropolitan Area"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James M. LeMunyon"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2017-01-11"
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last_action: "2017-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50bda2e0-4bbd-4534-9e9a-3c2b45aa702a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2136"
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source_hash: "751ae17cf2730c436a21f876797b0135122e9e5990c9e249d765220c78085cec"
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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 2136 (2017) — Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; Va. authorized to become a signatory.
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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.
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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 (CHAP0696)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0696)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2136ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2136ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104697D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2136H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102733D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2136)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
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- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
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- David B. Albo — cosponsor (person)
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- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
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- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Randall Minchew — cosponsor (person)
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- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102733D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104697D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Emergency clause added
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2136H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Rereferred to Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2017-02-20** Amendment by Senator Carrico agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2017-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 696 (effective 3/24/17) `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/50bda2e0-4bbd-4534-9e9a-3c2b45aa702a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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