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type: "Bill"
title: "Suspension of tolls; evacuations."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2489"
citation: "Virginia HB 2489 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cae2569-5317-4860-a302-bf5262826786"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2489"
source_hash: "d842ef12a1cf2ad1e1b02f9a0b4c3a454e710f4436b20896f812fdb39cf7878c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# 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](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0547)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2489)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2489ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2489ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106042D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2489H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101335D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2489)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cae2569-5317-4860-a302-bf5262826786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).