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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations; rail signage."
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description: "Directs the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate the placement and maintenance of highway signs to (i) indicate the presence and direction of nearby Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations and (ii) promote the use of such services. The bill further directs the Department to evaluate the cost and potential funding sources for such signs and to report its findings to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by December 1, 2019."
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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 2737"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2737 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Railroads", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Transportation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8919821d-1576-4819-bc99-7198b38dd42b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2737"
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source_hash: "21d24319dce42487bdf4997fac84586fe6e36a8f7fe2e89946674cb802617c9c"
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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 2737 (2019) — Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations; rail signage.
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Directs the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to evaluate the placement and maintenance of highway signs to (i) indicate the presence and direction of nearby Amtrak or intercity passenger rail stations and (ii) promote the use of such services. The bill further directs the Department to evaluate the cost and potential funding sources for such signs and to report its findings to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by December 1, 2019.
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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 (CHAP0553)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0553)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2737)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2737ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2737ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105620D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2737H1)
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5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103754D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2737)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 19103754D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105620D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2737H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
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- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 553 (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/8919821d-1576-4819-bc99-7198b38dd42b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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