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Bill	Mass transit providers; supplemental operating funds.	Provides that any mass transit provider that incurs a loss in operating funds as a direct result of the performance-based allocation process set forth in Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018 may be eligible for supplemental operating funds in fiscal year 2020. The maximum amount of supplemental operating funds shall not exceed $3 million from the nongeneral fund amounts available to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2553	Virginia HB 2553 (2019)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Transportation	enacted	Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr.	7	28	9	2019-01-09	2019-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e4f69a33-bea3-4c90-8ce5-77aee83b21fc	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2553	4f93ac201d457002585c8e638383297e03fd20aadc8658c11e9a285c1d299f44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2553 (2019) — Mass transit providers; supplemental operating funds.

Provides that any mass transit provider that incurs a loss in operating funds as a direct result of the performance-based allocation process set forth in Chapter 854 of the Acts of Assembly of 2018 may be eligible for supplemental operating funds in fiscal year 2020. The maximum amount of supplemental operating funds shall not exceed $3 million from the nongeneral fund amounts available to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. 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 (CHAP0551) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2553ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104021D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19104021D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107121D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107121D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107121D-S1 — 98–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104021D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2019-01-18 Referred from Rules by voice vote
• 2019-01-18 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Assigned App. sub: Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2553E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19104021D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 19107121D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2553S1
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107121D-S1 (98-Y 1-N)
• 2019-02-21 Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107121D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-23 Enrolled
• 2019-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-23 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 551 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4f69a33-bea3-4c90-8ce5-77aee83b21fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).