VirginiaHampton Rds; joint subcommittee to study public transit systems to ensure it meets needs of region.
What it does
Study; joint subcommittee; public transit in Hampton Roads; report. Creates a 13-member joint subcommittee for a two-year study on options for providing long-term, sustainable, and dedicated operations and capital funding with cost-containment controls to ensure that the public transit systems that serve Hampton Roads, including all modes of Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) service, local and express bus, light rail, passenger ferry, paratransit, on-demand microtransit, and seasonal trolley and shuttle services, other ridesharing and commuter programs, and any future modes of public transportation or mobility services that may be developed to serve the Hampton Roads region, meet the growing public transit needs of the region.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 1Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ28ER)Passed 1st Chamber
- Mar 4Agreed to by Senate (Voice Vote)
- Mar 4Read third timeMinor
- Mar 3Read second timeMinor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Feb 19Reported from Transportation and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Transportation. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on TransportationMinor
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 12Agreed to by House (92-Y 4-N 0-A)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 12Delegate Askew Floor amendments withdrawnMajor
- Feb 12committee amendments agreed toMajor
- Feb 12Taken up
- Feb 11Passed by for the day
- Feb 11Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- Feb 11Floor offered Delegate Askew Amendments
- Feb 6Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (16-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2House subcommittee offered
- Jan 22Assigned HRUL sub: Studies SubcommitteeMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104133DIntroduced