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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rail Enhancement Fund; matching funds."
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description: "Provides that federal funds for freight rail projects may be used to satisfy the requirement that any project funded by the Rail Enhancement Fund include at least 30 percent matching funds from a private source. Under current law, the matching funds requirement may be met using funds from private businesses, railroads, regional authorities, and local governments."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1983"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1983 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Railroads"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Christopher P. Stolle"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-07"
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last_action: "2019-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6129f850-853e-47eb-9704-436948408e51"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1983"
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source_hash: "6eeb3f460069b8ddc068acd89fd61a59a1096fba5bda13d2544ebf3b78bbed4e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1983 (2019) — Rail Enhancement Fund; matching funds.
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Provides that federal funds for freight rail projects may be used to satisfy the requirement that any project funded by the Rail Enhancement Fund include at least 30 percent matching funds from a private source. Under current law, the matching funds requirement may be met using funds from private businesses, railroads, regional authorities, and local governments.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0185)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1983AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1983)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1983ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1983ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103473D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1983)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103473D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1983E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1983ASE)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Christopher P. Stolle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103473D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-11** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB1983E
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- **2019-01-29** Printed as engrossed 19103473D-E
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- **2019-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2019-02-11** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-11** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-13** Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 1-N)
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- **2019-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
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- **2019-02-19** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6129f850-853e-47eb-9704-436948408e51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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