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| Bill | Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund; created, transit funding. | Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program. Creates the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program to develop, maintain, and improve a regional network of transit routes and related infrastructure, rolling stock, and support facilities. The program would be funded by an additional (i) regional grantor's tax at a rate of $0.06 per $100 of the consideration for the conveyance and (ii) regional transient occupancy tax at a rate of one percent of the charge for the occupancy, both imposed in localities in the Hampton Roads Transportation District. The bill also dedicates $20 million of revenues from existing recordation taxes to funding the program. The moneys would be deposited into the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund, created by the bill. The moneys would be deposited into the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund, created by the bill. Use of the funds would require a two-thirds vote of the localities in which the new taxes were imposed. The bill also includes a local maintenance of effort of public transportation funding. This bill is identical to SB 1038. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1726 | Virginia HB 1726 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1726 (2020) — Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program and Fund; created, transit funding.
Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program. Creates the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Program to develop, maintain, and improve a regional network of transit routes and related infrastructure, rolling stock, and support facilities. The program would be funded by an additional (i) regional grantor's tax at a rate of $0.06 per $100 of the consideration for the conveyance and (ii) regional transient occupancy tax at a rate of one percent of the charge for the occupancy, both imposed in localities in the Hampton Roads Transportation District. The bill also dedicates $20 million of revenues from existing recordation taxes to funding the program. The moneys would be deposited into the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund, created by the bill. The moneys would be deposited into the Hampton Roads Regional Transit Fund, created by the bill. Use of the funds would require a two-thirds vote of the localities in which the new taxes were imposed. The bill also includes a local maintenance of effort of public transportation funding. This bill is identical to SB 1038.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1241) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1726ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1726H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1726S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1726H2 (committee substitute) — source
- Reenrolled bill text (HB1726ER2) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Appropriations — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (50-Y 40-N) — 49–40 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (57-Y 35-N) — 56–35 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 11-N) — 27–11 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N) — 0–93 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N) — 12–4 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 20105233D
introduction - 2020-01-17 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-01-27 Referred from Appropriations
- 2020-01-27 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (HB1726)
- 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107332D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-05 Reported from Finance with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107332D-H1
- 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1726H1
- 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 38-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 38-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1726H1)
- 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108940D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108940D-S1
- 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1726S1
- 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108940D-S1 (0-Y 94-N)
- 2020-02-26 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N)
- 2020-02-26 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-02-27 House acceded to request
- 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1726S1)
- 2020-03-03 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-03-03 Conference substitute printed 20109424D-H2
- 2020-03-03 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-03-03 Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 35-N)
- 2020-03-03 VOTE: Agree To (57-Y 35-N)
- 2020-03-04 Passed by temporarily
- 2020-03-04 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-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
- 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
- 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 40-N)
- 2020-04-22 VOTE: (50-Y 40-N)
- 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 11-N)
- 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1726ER2)
- 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1241 (effective - see bill)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd4f3161-9daf-4c9d-b88c-091d643af943. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).