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Bill Suspension of tolls; evacuations. Requires the Commissioner of Highways to temporarily suspend toll collection operations in affected evacuation zones on routes designated as mass evacuation routes during any mandatory evacuation during a state of emergency. Current law authorizes the Commissioner, in his discretion, to temporarily suspend toll collection operations in cases of emergency and concern for public safety. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2489 Virginia HB 2489 (2019)
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Virginia HB 2489 (2019) — Suspension of tolls; evacuations.

Requires the Commissioner of Highways to temporarily suspend toll collection operations in affected evacuation zones on routes designated as mass evacuation routes during any mandatory evacuation during a state of emergency. Current law authorizes the Commissioner, in his discretion, to temporarily suspend toll collection operations in cases of emergency and concern for public safety.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2489ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106042D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101335D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Transportation with substitute — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation — 100 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
  • Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101335D introduction
  • 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2019-01-18 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 19106042D-H1
  • 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2489H1
  • 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2019-02-18 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
  • 2019-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 547 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cae2569-5317-4860-a302-bf5262826786. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).