republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2137.md

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Bill	Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; regional transportation plan.	Requires the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (the Authority) to annually publish on its website any land use or transportation elements of a locality's comprehensive plan that each locality embraced by the Authority is currently required to report when such locality's plan is inconsistent with the Authority's regional transportation plan. Additionally, the bill requires the Authority to consider for revision and revise as necessary its regional transportation plan at least once every five years. The Authority is required to specify any obstacles to achieving a reduction in congestion in Planning District 8 and any need for cooperation by other regional entities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2137	Virginia HB 2137 (2017)	bill	Authorities Computer Services and Uses Highways Bridges and Ferries Northern Virginia Transportation	enacted	James M. LeMunyon	4	18	8	2017-01-11	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/b32b0896-6f6e-445a-b56f-ce0f70124740	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2137	e491fbd70a33137cf95a8ee191b1629d88946f18c5e31d8eaddf6cee6ea1eebc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2137 (2017) — Northern Virginia Transportation Authority; regional transportation plan.

Requires the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (the Authority) to annually publish on its website any land use or transportation elements of a locality's comprehensive plan that each locality embraced by the Authority is currently required to report when such locality's plan is inconsistent with the Authority's regional transportation plan. Additionally, the bill requires the Authority to consider for revision and revise as necessary its regional transportation plan at least once every five years. The Authority is required to specify any obstacles to achieving a reduction in congestion in Planning District 8 and any need for cooperation by other regional entities. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2018.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0351) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2137ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100338D (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Printed as engrossed 17100338D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• James M. LeMunyon — primary (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100338D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-01-20 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 amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB2137E
• 2017-02-06 Printed as engrossed 17100338D-E
• 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 Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 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
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 351 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b32b0896-6f6e-445a-b56f-ce0f70124740. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).