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| Bill | Commonwealth Rail Fund; funds applied to Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. | Commonwealth Rail Fund; Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Removes the $4 million cap on those Commonwealth Rail Fund (Fund) moneys distributed to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation that may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund and instead provides that up to 50 percent of such Fund moneys may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. The bill retains the current provisions granting 93 percent of Fund moneys to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and seven percent to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to SB 1144. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1603 | Virginia HB 1603 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1603 (2025) — Commonwealth Rail Fund; funds applied to Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund.
Commonwealth Rail Fund; Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Removes the $4 million cap on those Commonwealth Rail Fund (Fund) moneys distributed to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation that may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund and instead provides that up to 50 percent of such Fund moneys may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. The bill retains the current provisions granting 93 percent of Fund moneys to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and seven percent to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to SB 1144.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Appropriations Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102160D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-01-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1603)
- 2025-01-11 Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
referral-committee - 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-24 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-29 Appropriations Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-01-29 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2025-01-29 Printed as engrossed 25102160D-E
- 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1603)
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-07 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-07 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-10 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-10 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1603ER)
passage - 2025-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1603)
- 2025-02-10 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3356b958-a95b-45b1-8b90-5aa16d32db52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).