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type: "Bill"
title: "Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; allocation of funds."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1586"
citation: "Virginia HB 1586 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vivian E. Watts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa70e909-5d92-496d-93b3-661b064901e9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1586"
source_hash: "b72e502088e2cde53b5243def84f9f6487d410dc44d0284081cce94be9ad671c"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1133)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1586ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1586ER)
3. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1586E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1586E)
4. **Engrossed by House as amended HB1586E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1586)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 3-N) — **163** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **2119** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (6-Y 5-N) — **65** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (74-Y 23-N) — **7323** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa70e909-5d92-496d-93b3-661b064901e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).