republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-131.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge; added to Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact."
description: "Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. The effective date of this amendment to the Compact is contingent upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates SB 33. This bill is identical to HB 386."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 131"
citation: "Virginia SB 131 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36a82ef-c5e6-4813-98f5-296000c6bd8c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB131"
source_hash: "678d71806fd20be5dedfaa21f2785f5eaf2faba3ba058c82bce2793215745e0a"
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 131 (2022) — Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge; added to Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact.

Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact. Adds the Arland D. Williams, Jr. Memorial Bridge to the Potomac River bridges subject to the Potomac River Bridge Towing Compact to facilitate the prompt and orderly removal of disabled and abandoned vehicles from the bridges by giving the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia appropriate authority anywhere on the bridges. The effective date of this amendment to the Compact is contingent upon enactment of substantially similar legislation by the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill incorporates SB 33. This bill is identical to HB 386.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0635)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22104820D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB131S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102230D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB131)
4. **SB131ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB131ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102230D `introduction`
- **2022-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Committee substitute printed 22104820D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-18** Incorporates SB33 (Marsden)
- **2022-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB131)
- **2022-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 22104820D-S1
- **2022-01-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB131S1
- **2022-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB131S1)
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB131ER)
- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 635 (effective - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d36a82ef-c5e6-4813-98f5-296000c6bd8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).