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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commonwealth Rail Fund; funds applied to Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund."
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description: "Commonwealth Rail Fund; Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Removes the $4 million cap on those Commonwealth Rail Fund (Fund) moneys distributed to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation that may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund and instead provides that up to 50 percent of such Fund moneys may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. The bill retains the current provisions granting 93 percent of Fund moneys to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and seven percent to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to HB 1603."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1144"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1144 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19841d24-3d9e-4e7e-9904-d5c4c20a6391"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1144"
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source_hash: "3f3165cc403adf355861097561c2bdf3d57c4aac1b615a7bc44f3cb5ccc083f9"
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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 SB 1144 (2025) — Commonwealth Rail Fund; funds applied to Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund.
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Commonwealth Rail Fund; Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. Removes the $4 million cap on those Commonwealth Rail Fund (Fund) moneys distributed to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation that may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund and instead provides that up to 50 percent of such Fund moneys may be applied to the Shortline Railway Preservation and Development Fund. The bill retains the current provisions granting 93 percent of Fund moneys to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority and seven percent to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation. This bill is identical to HB 1603.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018028.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1070922.PDF)
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3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034796.PDF)
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4. **Transportation Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1021615.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051280.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Transportation with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
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- Luther Cifers, III — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102452D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Reported from Transportation with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-01-30** Transportation Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-01-30** Printed as engrossed 25102452D-E
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- **2025-01-30** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-30** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1144)
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1144ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1144)
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- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 24 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)
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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/19841d24-3d9e-4e7e-9904-d5c4c20a6391`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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