HB 446 VA

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Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; eminent domain. Expands the authority of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to exercise the power of eminent domain.

• Marcus B. Simon Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104511D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446) · lower
8. Feb 2, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 3, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
10. Feb 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 3, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
12. Feb 3, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
13. Feb 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446) · lower
14. Feb 4, 2026 Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Transportation · upper
17. Feb 26, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N 2-A) · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108677D-S1 · upper
20. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
21. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
22. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446) · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Transportation Substitute agreed to · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
28. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A) · lower
30. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · lower
31. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB446ER) · lower
32. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446) · lower
33. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
34. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
35. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
37. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 924 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Transportation Substitute · PDF
• Transportation Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Transportation Amendment · HTML
• Transportation Infrastructure and Funding Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML