republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1217.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation, Department of; at-risk infrastructure, report."
description: "Department of Transportation; at-risk infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, to (i) identify public transportation infrastructure at risk of flooding or deterioration due to flooding in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Lynchburg; (ii) develop recommendations for managing such assets; and (iii) report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by the start of the 2021 Session of the General Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1217"
citation: "Virginia HB 1217 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f34b252d-3984-4cad-ab6d-5c474580a9d2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1217"
source_hash: "e473896b102485def9f27380f6ef339889a4e23dd466ecb64a3b7eb259a70229"
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 1217 (2020) — Transportation, Department of; at-risk infrastructure, report.

Department of Transportation; at-risk infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, to (i) identify public transportation infrastructure at risk of flooding or deterioration due to flooding in Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Lynchburg; (ii) develop recommendations for managing such assets; and (iii) report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by the start of the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0978)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0978)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1217ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1217ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1217E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1217)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1217E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1217E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N) — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N) — **59–36** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 4-N) — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104450D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 4-N)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Transportation with amendments (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB1217E
- **2020-02-03** Printed as engrossed 20104450D-E
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 38-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation with amendment (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 36-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1217ER)
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 978 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f34b252d-3984-4cad-ab6d-5c474580a9d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).