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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; exempts railway tunnels and bridges from Building Code."
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description: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; Virginia PassengerRail Authority exemption. Exempts railway tunnels and bridgesowned by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority from the Uniform StatewideBuilding Code and the Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act. The billrequires the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to report annuallyto the State Fire Marshal on the maintenance and operability of installedfire protection and detection systems in its railway tunnels andbridges."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1425"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1425 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Terry L. Austin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-18"
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last_action: "2024-03-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94fc0c02-9e99-44a4-aa54-aed019dafd94"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1425"
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source_hash: "259bebb34a37cd933ccc684052b12fb815fd1d3dd3c6c9752aaa2a6ee697144d"
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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 1425 (2024) — Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; exempts railway tunnels and bridges from Building Code.
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Uniform Statewide Building Code; Virginia PassengerRail Authority exemption. Exempts railway tunnels and bridgesowned by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority from the Uniform StatewideBuilding Code and the Statewide Fire Prevention Code Act. The billrequires the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to report annuallyto the State Fire Marshal on the maintenance and operability of installedfire protection and detection systems in its railway tunnels andbridges.
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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. **CHAP0078** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0078)
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2. **HB1425ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1425ER)
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3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104432D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1425)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Terry L. Austin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 24104432D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1425)
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- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1425ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB1425ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor-Chapter 78 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-14** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0078)
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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/94fc0c02-9e99-44a4-aa54-aed019dafd94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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