republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-561.md

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Bill	Project evaluation; primary evacuation routes.	Statewide prioritization process; primary evacuation routes. Requires the Office of Intermodal Planning to include in the results of screening candidate projects in the Six-Year Improvement Program whether such projects are located on a primary evacuation route.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 561	Virginia HB 561 (2020)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Brewer	4	31	6	2020-01-06	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/224b8759-0925-4459-b8bb-e9be76aa5df2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB561	ad2ce3f7cbe05e344baac9e37f60a0ca4bff5428d613e4df9f007586ca02ac39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 561 (2020) — Project evaluation; primary evacuation routes.

Statewide prioritization process; primary evacuation routes. Requires the Office of Intermodal Planning to include in the results of screening candidate projects in the Six-Year Improvement Program whether such projects are located on a primary evacuation route.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0971) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB561ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB561H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB561) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N) — 98–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
• Jason S. Miyares — cosponsor (person)
• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103235D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB561)
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107098D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107098D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB561H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 1-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB561H1)
• 2020-02-27 Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-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 by for the day
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB561ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 971 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/224b8759-0925-4459-b8bb-e9be76aa5df2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).