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type: "Bill"
title: "Fare enforcement inspectors; fares for use of mass transit."
description: "Provides for the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities operated anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently, fare enforcement inspectors may be appointed only in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). Under current law, failure of a transit user to pay the fare or produce proof of fare payment to such fare enforcement inspectors carries a civil penalty of not more than $100. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1172"
citation: "Virginia SB 1172 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rosalyn R. Dance"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e68ba52d-22c6-43ff-931f-95c2295b703b"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1172"
source_hash: "3898995d48156ba8b1c2aae1be08f76d089571000a4d7b501c7f47f2c9097b73"
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 1172 (2017) — Fare enforcement inspectors; fares for use of mass transit.
Provides for the appointment of fare enforcement inspectors to enforce payment of fares for use of mass transit facilities operated anywhere in the Commonwealth. Currently, fare enforcement inspectors may be appointed only in Planning District 8 (Northern Virginia). Under current law, failure of a transit user to pay the fare or produce proof of fare payment to such fare enforcement inspectors carries a civil penalty of not more than $100. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0548)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1172ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1172ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100421D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1172)
## Votes
- Passed House — **936** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **105** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **3010** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Rosalyn R. Dance — primary (person)
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100421D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** Passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 548 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e68ba52d-22c6-43ff-931f-95c2295b703b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).