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type: "Bill"
title: "Transit Entities, certain; funding and administration."
description: "Certain transit entities; funding and administration. Changes the purposes and geographic applicability of the Transit Ridership Incentive Program, removes various other requirements related to the program's administration and use of funds, and specifies a November 1 deadline for the annual report on the program. The bill removes the requirement for the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate with certain other entities for the purpose of revising the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 and implementing other reforms necessary to ensure the near-term and long-term viability of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The bill also extends from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2028, the sunset on provisions delegating to local building officials the enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code for bus shelters to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state funds from the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 200"
citation: "Virginia HB 200 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eff181e-6942-44e0-a90e-ef8c6ac05686"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB200"
source_hash: "47bc447aed4ec68956c394e63a6d7db5eeadccfd2b2defce1c387ab64f83255f"
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 200 (2026) — Transit Entities, certain; funding and administration.
Certain transit entities; funding and administration. Changes the purposes and geographic applicability of the Transit Ridership Incentive Program, removes various other requirements related to the program's administration and use of funds, and specifies a November 1 deadline for the annual report on the program. The bill removes the requirement for the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate with certain other entities for the purpose of revising the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Compact of 1966 and implementing other reforms necessary to ensure the near-term and long-term viability of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The bill also extends from July 1, 2027, to July 1, 2028, the sunset on provisions delegating to local building officials the enforcement of the Uniform Statewide Building Code for bus shelters to be constructed for transit agencies receiving state funds from the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083042.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216235.PDF)
3. **Innovations (Ad Hoc) Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1131793.PDF)
4. **Transportation Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136490.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210590.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **200** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation — **90** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — **220** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **960** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101495D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-07** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-19** Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB200)
- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N 2-A) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Reported from Transportation with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107233D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB200)
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Transportation with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB200ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB200)
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 87 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0087)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eff181e-6942-44e0-a90e-ef8c6ac05686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).