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| Bill | Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight. | Railroad safety; minimum train crew; movement of freight. Requires a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight except in use for hostler or utility service. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to include in an existing report the number of probable violations of federal regulations related to railroad safety investigated by the Commission's Division of Utility and Railroad Safety and reported to the Federal Railroad Administration for enforcement. This bill is identical to HB 25. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 191 | Virginia SB 191 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 191 (2026) — Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight.
Railroad safety; minimum train crew; movement of freight. Requires a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight except in use for hostler or utility service. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to include in an existing report the number of probable violations of federal regulations related to railroad safety investigated by the Commission's Division of Utility and Railroad Safety and reported to the Federal Railroad Administration for enforcement. This bill is identical to HB 25.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Rereferred from Transportation — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 20–20 (fail) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 8–7 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101782D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-09 Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
- 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-12 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107794D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A, Chair: Yea)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-03 Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-09 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-09 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB191ER)
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
- 2026-03-09 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-09 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 549 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/02d5227a-cac9-420a-827e-91a71cf1f855. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).