republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-141.md

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Bill	Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; certain exemptions.	Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; exemptions. Exempts the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority from certain requirements, procurement and technology procedures, fees, and charges and expands certain existing exemptions to which it is already entitled.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 141	Virginia HB 141 (2026)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	6	32	8	2026-01-05	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/61043acf-220c-4041-84b5-f74f30414ab0	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB141	58fdb955ba6071aeb6528aaafa867f4ee0bcb78b6f3a42f4287ad68b6cb02d5a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 141 (2026) — Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; certain exemptions.

Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; exemptions. Exempts the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority from certain requirements, procurement and technology procedures, fees, and charges and expands certain existing exemptions to which it is already entitled.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Transportation Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Transportation Infrastructure and Funding Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Transportation — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 38–2 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103364D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-29 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-03 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB141)
• 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB141ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB141)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61043acf-220c-4041-84b5-f74f30414ab0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).