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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation of authority in Planning District 4.	New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation. Authorizes the creation of a regional passenger rail station authority in Planning District 4 to assist in the creation and maintenance of passenger rail in the region. The authority would be authorized to enter into revenue sharing agreements and to issue revenue bonds. The authority would be governed by a board consisting of members of each participating locality and institution of higher education.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1893	Virginia HB 1893 (2021)	bill		enacted	Chris L. Hurst	4	42	11	2021-01-08	2021-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/02c01d7f-fa35-4057-8ec7-0789fc39afc9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1893	afca4b7ef47942442a81b94f4b3d52e6e6ed88ce143452770da8c1304afa13d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1893 (2021) — New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation of authority in Planning District 4.

New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation. Authorizes the creation of a regional passenger rail station authority in Planning District 4 to assist in the creation and maintenance of passenger rail in the region. The authority would be authorized to enter into revenue sharing agreements and to issue revenue bonds. The authority would be governed by a board consisting of members of each participating locality and institution of higher education.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0353 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1893E (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1893ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100517D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) — 92–7 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N) — 89–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100517D introduction
• 2021-01-08 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
• 2021-01-14 Reported from Transportation (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-14 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-15 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-25 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-25 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1893)
• 2021-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-27 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB1893E
• 2021-01-27 Printed as engrossed 21100517D-E
• 2021-01-27 Engrossed bill reprinted 21100517D-E
• 2021-01-28 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 7-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-28 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N)
• 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-01-29 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1893E)
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-18 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-18 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate with amendment (38-Y 1-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-22 Senate amendment agreed to by House (90-Y 8-N)
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 8-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB1893ER)
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 353 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02c01d7f-fa35-4057-8ec7-0789fc39afc9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).