republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1126.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; change in membership."
description: "Transportation District Commission of HamptonRoads; membership. Adds a member of the House of Delegates, tobe appointed by the Speaker of the House, and a member of the Senate,to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, to the TransportationDistrict Commission of Hampton Roads. Such legislative members mustrepresent districts that include certain cities in the Hampton Roadsregion. The bill also requires that nonlegislative citizen membersof the Commission appointed by the Governor have experience in oneof the following fields: transit, transportation, or land use planning;management of transit, transportation, or other public sector operations;public budgeting or finance; corporate communications; government oversight; or state or local government. The new qualifications donot affect the appointment of any current members of the Commissionuntil the expiration of their terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1126"
citation: "Virginia SB 1126 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lionell Spruill, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-23"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f58320-030d-4379-9dcf-1dfd20bd114d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1126"
source_hash: "b90950c341f45422d103ae0cc27f86c9ec40df83d27f053a65fc28f6ace6c322"
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 SB 1126 (2021) — Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads; change in membership.

Transportation District Commission of HamptonRoads; membership. Adds a member of the House of Delegates, tobe appointed by the Speaker of the House, and a member of the Senate,to be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules, to the TransportationDistrict Commission of Hampton Roads. Such legislative members mustrepresent districts that include certain cities in the Hampton Roadsregion. The bill also requires that nonlegislative citizen membersof the Commission appointed by the Governor have experience in oneof the following fields: transit, transportation, or land use planning;management of transit, transportation, or other public sector operations;public budgeting or finance; corporate communications; government oversight; or state or local government. The new qualifications donot affect the appointment of any current members of the Commissionuntil the expiration of their terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0435** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0435)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101294D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1126)
3. **SB1126ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1126ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lionell Spruill, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-23** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101294D `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1126)
- **2021-01-22** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Systems `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1126ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 435 (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/90f58320-030d-4379-9dcf-1dfd20bd114d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).