HB446
Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; expands authority to exercise power of eminent domain.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Marcus Simon (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Virginia Passenger Rail Authority; eminent domain.
Expands the authority of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to exercise the power of eminent domain.-
Bill History
- 01/12/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104511D
- 01/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HTRAN sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding
- 01/26/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/27/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Transportation Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Reported from Transportation with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/03/2026 - House: committee amendments agreed to
- 02/03/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (73-Y 24-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Transportation with substitute and rereferred to Courts of Justice (12-Y 1-N 2-A)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108677D-S1
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Transportation Substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/13/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB446ER)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB446)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
