republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-142.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit Ridership Incentive Program; amount of funds to be used to establish programs."
description: "Transit Ridership Incentive Program. Changes from a maximum of 25 percent to a minimum of 25 percent the percentage of Transit Ridership Incentive Program (TRIP) funds required to be used to support the establishment of programs to reduce the impact of fares on low-income individuals. This change expires on July 1, 2024. The bill also requires at least 25 percent of TRIP funds to be used to support regional transit initiatives and provides that the Commonwealth Transportation Board has the discretion to allocate the remaining funds available as authorized by law and based on the programs and initiatives submitted during the application process."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Virginia HB 142 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a927dc-2e60-4c25-9bb6-e1c0a19bb349"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB142"
source_hash: "af8be69c281af019ec8ec4ce1955fbbfb3d71de17279419d01123d0fef9e1a5c"
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 142 (2022) — Transit Ridership Incentive Program; amount of funds to be used to establish programs.

Transit Ridership Incentive Program. Changes from a maximum of 25 percent to a minimum of 25 percent the percentage of Transit Ridership Incentive Program (TRIP) funds required to be used to support the establishment of programs to reduce the impact of fares on low-income individuals. This change expires on July 1, 2024. The bill also requires at least 25 percent of TRIP funds to be used to support regional transit initiatives and provides that the Commonwealth Transportation Board has the discretion to allocate the remaining funds available as authorized by law and based on the programs and initiatives submitted during the application process.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0745)
2. **HB142ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB142ER)
3. **HB142ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB142ER2)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102849D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB142)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N) — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 5-N) — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102849D `introduction`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB142)
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02** Passed by for the day
- **2022-02-03** Read third time and passed House (92-Y 8-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-03** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N)
- **2022-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Reported from Transportation (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-24** Enrolled
- **2022-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-25** Signed by President
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB142ER)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- **2022-03-09** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 5-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 5-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB142ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4a927dc-2e60-4c25-9bb6-e1c0a19bb349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).