republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2784.md

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Bill	Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund; created.	Establishes the Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund to be used for the purpose of funding maintenance and replacement of large and unique structures. The bill also requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to (i) undertake a comprehensive review of the current and future condition of pavements and bridges in the Commonwealth; (ii) dedicate a portion of certain funds to the Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund; and (iii) evaluate the feasibility of using the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 to design, build, operate, and maintain two bridges to replace the Robert O. Norris Bridge on State Route 3 and the Downing Bridge on U.S. Route 360. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2784	Virginia HB 2784 (2019)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Highways Bridges and Ferries Study Commissions Committees and Reports Transportation	enacted	M. Keith Hodges	5	20	8	2019-01-18	2019-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/593c274f-8200-4090-8bbe-92f29b72b40e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2784	30947a7989c240a39184e9f8a65696a5dd994e35e93000c8b31b602a7675444c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2784 (2019) — Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund; created.

Establishes the Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund to be used for the purpose of funding maintenance and replacement of large and unique structures. The bill also requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to (i) undertake a comprehensive review of the current and future condition of pavements and bridges in the Commonwealth; (ii) dedicate a portion of certain funds to the Robert O. Norris Bridge and Statewide Special Structure Fund; and (iii) evaluate the feasibility of using the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 to design, build, operate, and maintain two bridges to replace the Robert O. Norris Bridge on State Route 3 and the Downing Bridge on U.S. Route 360. 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 (CHAP0349) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2784ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105915D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104051D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation with amendments — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan T. McDougle — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 19104051D introduction
• 2019-01-18 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendments from Transportation rejected
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute from Appropriations agreed to 19105915D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2784H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-02-18 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
• 2019-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 349 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/593c274f-8200-4090-8bbe-92f29b72b40e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).