republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-342.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit Ridership Incentive Program; use of funds for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects."
description: "Transit Ridership Incentive Program. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use at least 25 percent of the funds available for the Transit Ridership Incentive Program for grants to fund reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects. Under current law, the amount that may be used for such programs is capped at 25 percent. This change expires on July 1, 2024. The bill provides that funds awarded for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects shall not be included in the requirement that funds be awarded in accordance with a statewide equitable ratio."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 342"
citation: "Virginia SB 342 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad68e23b-82b8-457c-b632-86f5488b699f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB342"
source_hash: "c931a87f6daa8f902c6c052d7485a277cd44a10d50a9c41eb93f47b6638bb227"
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 342 (2022) — Transit Ridership Incentive Program; use of funds for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects.

Transit Ridership Incentive Program. Directs the Commonwealth Transportation Board to use at least 25 percent of the funds available for the Transit Ridership Incentive Program for grants to fund reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects. Under current law, the amount that may be used for such programs is capped at 25 percent. This change expires on July 1, 2024. The bill provides that funds awarded for reduced-fare or zero-fare transit projects shall not be included in the requirement that funds be awarded in accordance with a statewide equitable ratio.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0719** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0719)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101760D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB342)
3. **SB342ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB342ER)
4. **SB342ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB342ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 20-N) — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101760D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB342)
- **2022-01-20** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-02** Passed House with amendments (80-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Passage (80-Y 19-N)
- **2022-03-04** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled
- **2022-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB342ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (80-Y 20-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (80-Y 20-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (SB342ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 719 (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/ad68e23b-82b8-457c-b632-86f5488b699f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).