republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1172.md

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Bill	Fare enforcement inspectors; fares for use of mass transit.	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1172	Virginia SB 1172 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Transportation	enacted	Rosalyn R. Dance	3	16	6	2017-01-10	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e68ba52d-22c6-43ff-931f-95c2295b703b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1172	3898995d48156ba8b1c2aae1be08f76d089571000a4d7b501c7f47f2c9097b73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1172 (2017) — Fare enforcement inspectors; fares for use of mass transit.

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

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1172ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100421D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House — 93–6 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 10–5 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 30–10 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Rosalyn R. Dance — primary (person)
• William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100421D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-22 Passed House (93-Y 6-N) passage
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 548 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e68ba52d-22c6-43ff-931f-95c2295b703b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).