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type: "Bill"
title: "Bridges; state of good repair, allocation of funds."
description: "Bridges; state of good repair; allocation offunds. Designates bridges with a general condition rating, definedin the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge componentas eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges mustbe structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes theuse of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated toextend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The billapplies to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth TransportationBoard after June 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "Virginia HB 1254 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f38296e-1a4a-43a5-bb7d-9ee5418862f7"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1254"
source_hash: "09f2b499135a22becd84e232f8cb85bccd908bca75b623a4172c66f60f153bd9"
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 HB 1254 (2024) — Bridges; state of good repair, allocation of funds.
Bridges; state of good repair; allocation offunds. Designates bridges with a general condition rating, definedin the bill, of no more than five for at least one major bridge componentas eligible for state of good repair funds. Currently, bridges mustbe structurally deficient to be eligible. The bill authorizes theuse of state of good repair funds for improvements anticipated toextend the useful life of a bridge by at least 10 years. The billapplies to new project allocations made by the Commonwealth TransportationBoard after June 1, 2025.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0415** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0415)
2. **HB1254ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1254ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101127D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1254)
## Votes
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101127D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254)
- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1254ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1254ER)
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 415 (effective 6/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0415)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f38296e-1a4a-43a5-bb7d-9ee5418862f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).