Fabio
97 lines
5.5 KiB
Markdown
97 lines
5.5 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight."
|
||
description: "Railroad safety; minimum train crew; movement of freight. Requires a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight except in use for hostler or utility service. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to include in an existing report the number of probable violations of federal regulations related to railroad safety investigated by the Commission's Division of Utility and Railroad Safety and reported to the Federal Railroad Administration for enforcement. This bill is identical to HB 25."
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
|
||
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2026"
|
||
identifier: "SB 191"
|
||
citation: "Virginia SB 191 (2026)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
|
||
version_count: 4
|
||
action_count: 31
|
||
vote_count: 6
|
||
first_action: "2026-01-09"
|
||
last_action: "2026-04-13"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d5227a-cac9-420a-827e-91a71cf1f855"
|
||
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB191"
|
||
source_hash: "5c6957d187076462cbde125fc0741c2cc16e6025377ff3be97062d80312d3373"
|
||
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 SB 191 (2026) — Railroad safety; minimum train crew used in movement of freight.
|
||
|
||
Railroad safety; minimum train crew; movement of freight. Requires a crew of at least two qualified individuals on all trains, locomotives, or light engines used in connection with moving freight except in use for hostler or utility service. The bill requires the State Corporation Commission to include in an existing report the number of probable violations of federal regulations related to railroad safety investigated by the Commission's Division of Utility and Railroad Safety and reported to the Federal Railroad Administration for enforcement. This bill is identical to HB 25.
|
||
|
||
## 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/1083540.PDF)
|
||
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218695.PDF)
|
||
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147089.PDF)
|
||
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194889.PDF)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- Rereferred from Transportation — **14–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Passage R — **20–20** (fail) · upper
|
||
- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **15–6** (pass) · lower
|
||
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **8–7** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)
|
||
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101782D `filing, introduction`
|
||
- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-01-15** Rereferred from Transportation to Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
|
||
- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
|
||
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107794D-S1 `substitution`
|
||
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
|
||
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
|
||
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
|
||
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2026-02-16** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
|
||
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
|
||
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
|
||
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A, Chair: Yea) `passage, reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
|
||
- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
|
||
- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce (15-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
|
||
- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
|
||
- **2026-03-03** Passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
|
||
- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB191ER) `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB191)
|
||
- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
|
||
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 549 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
|
||
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0549)
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d5227a-cac9-420a-827e-91a71cf1f855`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
|
||
|