republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2024.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bob White Covered Bridge; Dept. of Transportation to work w/ Patrick County in constructing replica."
description: "Department of Transportation; replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge. Requires the Department of Transportation to work with the governing body of Patrick County and community groups interested in constructing a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge to approve a construction plan for a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge for tourism purposes open for pedestrian, non-motor vehicle traffic. The bill requires the Department to ensure that the replica bridge is sufficiently stable and does not create a hazard but exempts such replica bridge from all Code of Virginia provisions and Department of Transportation regulations regarding bridge standards and design."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2024"
citation: "Virginia HB 2024 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles D. Poindexter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f36cee4-7369-473f-ad52-9c452ccc63ab"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2024"
source_hash: "293cd634c2e09f481d8a89daf81af212f050c440bfec640f45c17e3f764e53b0"
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 2024 (2021) — Bob White Covered Bridge; Dept. of Transportation to work w/ Patrick County in constructing replica.

Department of Transportation; replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge. Requires the Department of Transportation to work with the governing body of Patrick County and community groups interested in constructing a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge to approve a construction plan for a replica of the Bob White Covered Bridge for tourism purposes open for pedestrian, non-motor vehicle traffic. The bill requires the Department to ensure that the replica bridge is sufficiently stable and does not create a hazard but exempts such replica bridge from all Code of Virginia provisions and Department of Transportation regulations regarding bridge standards and design.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0144)
2. **HB2024ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2024ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101593D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2024)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101593D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2024E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles D. Poindexter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101593D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2024)
- **2021-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-02** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB2024E
- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21101593D-E
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB2024E)
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2024ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f36cee4-7369-473f-ad52-9c452ccc63ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).