republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1251.md

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Bill	Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; definitions, Board of Directors.	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 contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1251	Virginia SB 1251 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Emergency Legislation Governor Highways Bridges and Ferries Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area	enacted	George L. Barker	5	30	11	2017-01-10	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/79574161-1e3a-4bc1-b875-19ceac987489	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1251	4e95160ee104bf4dd52ef6b1604e77e4a4d78376cab3b77ecff8483a716b2de3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1251 (2017) — Washington Metrorail Safety Commission Interstate Compact; definitions, Board of Directors.

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 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 (CHAP0705) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105345D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1251ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105087D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102737D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House — 92–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 0–40 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• George L. Barker — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102737D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2017-01-17 Rereferred to Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17105087D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1251S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 17105345D-H1
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1251H1
• 2017-02-13 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-15 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-16 Passed by for the day
• 2017-02-20 House insisted on substitute
• 2017-02-20 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Emergency clause added by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
• 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
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 705 (effective 3/24/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79574161-1e3a-4bc1-b875-19ceac987489. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).