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type: "Bill"
title: "Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving."
description: "Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager or the designee of the chief administrative officer of the county to project standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 644"
citation: "Virginia SB 644 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/087c0e37-731b-43a1-ada1-f886763671aa"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB644"
source_hash: "e21738058032a3af67ec322ba01fc340d86b708f6734195accdde7506b68703f"
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 644 (2024) — Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.
Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving funds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segments to be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation, and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capital projects manager or the designee of the chief administrative officer of the county to project standards.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0160** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0160)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 24104779D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB644)
3. **Printed as engrossed 24104779D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB644E)
4. **SB644ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB644ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 24104779D `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB644)
- **2024-01-18** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-18** Reported from Transportation with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-01-23** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB644E
- **2024-01-23** Printed as engrossed 24104779D-E
- **2024-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB644E)
- **2024-02-22** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2024-02-28** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB644ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB644ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0160)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/087c0e37-731b-43a1-ada1-f886763671aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).