republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-74.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving."
description: "Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifiesthat the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includesimprovements other than paving, as described in the bill. The billalso clarifies that the local governing body of the county receivingfunds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segmentsto be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation,and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capitalprojects manager to project standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 74"
citation: "Virginia HB 74 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-12-26"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce0efb40-75e9-4709-8c11-d387beda4519"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB74"
source_hash: "419ff79b3ab2f12242d994056c6fa95339673efb9e7fc31d9070c47edddd9031"
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 74 (2024) — Unpaved secondary highways; improvement of secondary hwys. includes improvements other than paving.

Unpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifiesthat the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includesimprovements other than paving, as described in the bill. The billalso clarifies that the local governing body of the county receivingfunds for such improvements will select the highways or highway segmentsto be improved, after consulting with the Department of Transportation,and the project shall be designed and implemented by the county capitalprojects manager to project standards.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0134** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0134)
2. **HB74ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB74ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104166D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB74)
4. **Printed as engrossed 24104166D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB74E)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Geary Higgins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-26** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104166D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-26** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB74)
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB74E
- **2024-02-06** Printed as engrossed 24104166D-E
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB74E)
- **2024-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Transportation with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
- **2024-02-20** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-27** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB74ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB74ER)
- **2024-03-01** 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`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0134)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce0efb40-75e9-4709-8c11-d387beda4519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).