Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; DRPT to study feasibility of an east-west service.
Summary
Study; Department of Rail and Public Transportation; Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service; report. Requests the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to study the feasibility of an east-west Commonwealth Corridor passenger rail service connecting Hampton Roads, Richmond, and the New River Valley.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Mar 5, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 27, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
Jan 27, 2020
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
10
Amendments
5
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate by voice vote
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Agreed to by House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (90-Y 2-N)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Mar 4, 2020
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (88-2-8)
house of delegates
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules with amendment (17-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SJ50E
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)
senate
Jan 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules with amendments
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102924D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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