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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; established, report."
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description: "Creates the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority to improve the transportation into, from, within, and through Southwest Virginia; assist in regional economic development; and generally enhance highway safety in the affected localities through development of a proposed Coalfields Expressway. The bill regulates the membership and duties of the Authority."
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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 2474"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2474 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Authorities", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-20"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c123b9fe-8d31-4c42-8434-ebf55813224e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2474"
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source_hash: "c4c6186dd94c65835172a2e74400970570fd84757e321e6ad51fa0f9f9d34176"
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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 2474 (2017) — Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority; established, report.
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Creates the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority to improve the transportation into, from, within, and through Southwest Virginia; assist in regional economic development; and generally enhance highway safety in the affected localities through development of a proposed Coalfields Expressway. The bill regulates the membership and duties of the Authority.
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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 (CHAP0543)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0543)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2474ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2474ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105017D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2474H1)
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4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103458D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2474)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Transportation — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103458D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 `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 17105017D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2474H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House (96-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 Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** 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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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 543 (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/c123b9fe-8d31-4c42-8434-ebf55813224e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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