republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1417.md

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Bill	Commercial air service plan; Virginia Aviation Board shall develop and review.	Requires the Virginia Aviation Board to develop and review every five years a commercial air service plan for commercial air service airports in the Commonwealth and, prior to allocation of funds from the Commonwealth Airport Fund by the Board, ensure that requested funds are consistent with the plan. The bill requires the Board to report to the Governor and the General Assembly annually on the use of Commercial Airport Fund revenues for the previous fiscal year. The bill prohibits the use of Commercial Airport Fund revenues for (i) operating costs, unless otherwise approved by the Board, or (ii) purposes related to supporting the operation of an airline, either directly or indirectly, through grants, credit enhancements, or other related means.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1417	Virginia SB 1417 (2017)	bill	Aviation Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Stephen D. Newman	4	19	7	2017-01-11	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/1b8b07ee-c817-48ab-a35b-55be76a6ddb9	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1417	594884a5b14aeb7cdc338f1a8636135ad4031ca7f2b72a56a35443a3199d90c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1417 (2017) — Commercial air service plan; Virginia Aviation Board shall develop and review.

Requires the Virginia Aviation Board to develop and review every five years a commercial air service plan for commercial air service airports in the Commonwealth and, prior to allocation of funds from the Commonwealth Airport Fund by the Board, ensure that requested funds are consistent with the plan. The bill requires the Board to report to the Governor and the General Assembly annually on the use of Commercial Airport Fund revenues for the previous fiscal year. The bill prohibits the use of Commercial Airport Fund revenues for (i) operating costs, unless otherwise approved by the Board, or (ii) purposes related to supporting the operation of an airline, either directly or indirectly, through grants, credit enhancements, or other related means.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1417ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105080D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17102153D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Presented and ordered printed 17102153D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on 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 17105080D-S1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1417S1
• 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 709 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b8b07ee-c817-48ab-a35b-55be76a6ddb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).