republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2071.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process, resiliency."
description: "Transportation funding; statewide prioritizationprocess; resiliency. Adds resiliency, defined in the bill, tothe list of factors to be considered during the statewide transportationfunding prioritization process commonly known as SMART SCALE. Thebill also requires that the factors of congestion mitigation, economicdevelopment, accessibility, safety, resiliency, and environmentalquality be considered relative to the anticipated life-cycle costof the project or strategy under consideration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2071"
citation: "Virginia HB 2071 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07a442cf-b13a-42fe-87b1-b4796dd98a1d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2071"
source_hash: "caaf753862f61b077cf7165fd514112649aa9b1a9495a91e0dbf54681db19857"
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 2071 (2021) — Transportation funding; statewide prioritization process, resiliency.

Transportation funding; statewide prioritizationprocess; resiliency. Adds resiliency, defined in the bill, tothe list of factors to be considered during the statewide transportationfunding prioritization process commonly known as SMART SCALE. Thebill also requires that the factors of congestion mitigation, economicdevelopment, accessibility, safety, resiliency, and environmentalquality be considered relative to the anticipated life-cycle costof the project or strategy under consideration.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0051** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0051)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103472D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2071H1)
3. **HB2071ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2071ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100799D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2071)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N) — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N) — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 17-N) — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 5-N) — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — primary (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100799D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-17** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2071)
- **2021-01-21** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute printed 21103472D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-26** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Committee substitute agreed to 21103472D-H1
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2071H1
- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB2071H1)
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (64-Y 35-N)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-01** 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** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-16** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-18** Senate amendment agreed to by House (83-Y 17-N)
- **2021-02-18** VOTE: Adoption (83-Y 17-N)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2071ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 51 (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/07a442cf-b13a-42fe-87b1-b4796dd98a1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).