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Bill	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds.	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds. Provides that increases in service approved by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board shall not be included in the calculation of the annual increase in total operating expenses included in an approved WMATA budget.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1586	Virginia HB 1586 (2020)	bill		enacted	Vivian E. Watts	4	28	6	2020-01-14	2020-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/fa70e909-5d92-496d-93b3-661b064901e9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1586	b72e502088e2cde53b5243def84f9f6487d410dc44d0284081cce94be9ad671c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1586 (2020) — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds. Provides that increases in service approved by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Board shall not be included in the calculation of the annual increase in total operating expenses included in an approved WMATA budget.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1133) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1586E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by House as amended HB1586E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 3-N) — 16–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (6-Y 5-N) — 6–5 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 23-N) — 73–23 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
• Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20105593D introduction
• 2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended HB1586E
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20105593D-E
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 23-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1586)
• 2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB1586E)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (6-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1586ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1133 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa70e909-5d92-496d-93b3-661b064901e9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).