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type: "Bill"
title: "New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Authority; creation of authority in Planning District 4."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1212"
citation: "Virginia SB 1212 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd00b60b-8470-4d71-acf8-8f4dc30010c1"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1212"
source_hash: "561f327bf5646d2982996cc4376a2bcfa5bf33d3240149d7eaadf35b23d48d5c"
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 1212 (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. **CHAP0354** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0354)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102192D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1212)
3. **Printed as engrossed 21102192D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1212E)
4. **SB1212ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1212ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **160** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **926** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102192D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1212E
- **2021-02-04** Printed as engrossed 21102192D-E
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Transportation
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-16** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2021-02-16** Passed House with amendment (93-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
- **2021-02-18** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **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
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (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/cd00b60b-8470-4d71-acf8-8f4dc30010c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).