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Bill	Interstate 81; Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund created, etc.	Creates an Interstate 81 Committee, tasked with developing and updating a program related to Interstate 81 Corridor safety and improvements, and creates an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund (Fund). The bill provide revenues for the Fund through the creation of a new registration fee, a diesel tax, a regional gas tax, and a roads tax. The new registration fee would apply to non-passenger vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds. Additionally, private and for-hire nonpassenger vehicles would pay the existing registration fee at the rate currently paid by for-hire vehicles. Beginning July 1, 2021, a tax at the rate of 2.03 percent of the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of diesel fuel would be imposed statewide on the sale of diesel fuel. A regional gas tax, like the tax imposed in the Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads regions, would be applied to the sale of gasoline and diesel at a rate of 2.1 percent of the statewide average price of a gallon of gasoline and diesel fuels. The existing roads tax, currently $0.035 per gallon of fuel, would be determined annually by the Commissioner by multiplying the average fuel economy (defined in the amendment as the total taxable miles driven in the Commonwealth divided by the total taxable gallons of fuel consumed in the Commonwealth, as reported on International Fuel Tax Agreement Returns) by $0.01125 for fiscal year 2020, and by $0.0225 for fiscal year 2021 and each year thereafter. All of the revenues generated by the regional gas tax would be deposited in the Fund. The other new revenues would be apportioned among the Fund, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund, and Commonwealth Transportation Board for use in other interstate corridors based upon total vehicle miles driven by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher on Interstate 81, interstates within the boundaries of Planning District 8, and other interstate corridors, respectively, as compared with total vehicle miles driven on interstates in the Commonwealth by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2718	Virginia HB 2718 (2019)	bill	Highways Bridges and Ferries Motor Fuels Study Commissions Committees and Reports Taxation Transportation	enacted	R. Steven Landes	7	40	13	2019-01-15	2019-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b77d4346-73a7-47f3-a508-c4d81bcb0ab5	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2718	7754dfa42e25c9c1bda4ba07be69a8d06be51cb7c87755ef99a04713507099cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2718 (2019) — Interstate 81; Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund created, etc.

Creates an Interstate 81 Committee, tasked with developing and updating a program related to Interstate 81 Corridor safety and improvements, and creates an Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Fund (Fund). The bill provide revenues for the Fund through the creation of a new registration fee, a diesel tax, a regional gas tax, and a roads tax. The new registration fee would apply to non-passenger vehicles weighing over 10,000 pounds. Additionally, private and for-hire nonpassenger vehicles would pay the existing registration fee at the rate currently paid by for-hire vehicles. Beginning July 1, 2021, a tax at the rate of 2.03 percent of the statewide average wholesale price of a gallon of diesel fuel would be imposed statewide on the sale of diesel fuel. A regional gas tax, like the tax imposed in the Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads regions, would be applied to the sale of gasoline and diesel at a rate of 2.1 percent of the statewide average price of a gallon of gasoline and diesel fuels. The existing roads tax, currently $0.035 per gallon of fuel, would be determined annually by the Commissioner by multiplying the average fuel economy (defined in the amendment as the total taxable miles driven in the Commonwealth divided by the total taxable gallons of fuel consumed in the Commonwealth, as reported on International Fuel Tax Agreement Returns) by $0.01125 for fiscal year 2020, and by $0.0225 for fiscal year 2021 and each year thereafter. All of the revenues generated by the regional gas tax would be deposited in the Fund. The other new revenues would be apportioned among the Fund, the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority Fund, and Commonwealth Transportation Board for use in other interstate corridors based upon total vehicle miles driven by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher on Interstate 81, interstates within the boundaries of Planning District 8, and other interstate corridors, respectively, as compared with total vehicle miles driven on interstates in the Commonwealth by vehicles classified as Class 6 or higher. 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 (CHAP0837) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2718ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 19106055D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Conference substitute printed 19107380D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19102260D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2718ER2) (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106831D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on substitute — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation — 58–39 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute rejected by House 19106831D-S1 — 0–94 (fail) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #'s 1,4,7,10,13,19 — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation in-part — 22–14 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 35–4 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by House — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 33–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• R. Steven Landes — primary (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
• T. Scott Garrett — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 19102260D introduction
• 2019-01-15 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Referred from Rules by voice vote
• 2019-01-28 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106055D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2718H1
• 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
• 2019-02-11 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 19106831D-S1
• 2019-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2718S1
• 2019-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-13 Senate substitute rejected by House 19106831D-S1 (0-Y 94-N)
• 2019-02-13 Senate requested conference committee
• 2019-02-13 House acceded to request
• 2019-02-13 Conferees appointed by House
• 2019-02-13 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2019-02-22 Conference substitute printed 19107380D-H2
• 2019-02-22 Amended by conference committee
• 2019-02-22 Pending question ordered
• 2019-02-22 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
• 2019-03-07 Enrolled
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-03-09 Signed by President
• 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
• 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-26 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2019-04-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-04-03 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (58-Y 39-N)
• 2019-04-03 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendations #2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, #14-18, and #20-28
• 2019-04-03 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2019-04-03 Reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Reenrolled bill text (HB2718ER2)
• 2019-04-03 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2019-04-03 Enacted, Chapter 837 (effective - see bill) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b77d4346-73a7-47f3-a508-c4d81bcb0ab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).