Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 1097: Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; allocations, Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 1097 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; allocations, Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission. Primary sponsor: Aaron Rouse (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Transportation.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission. Creates a new allocation from the Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund for the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, adjusts the amounts of certain other allocations from such Fund, and removes the light rail system operated by the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads from eligibility for funds from such other allocations from such Fund. The bill requires the Commonwealth Transportation Board to withhold 20 percent of the funds from such new allocation unless the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads submits to it certain information annually. The bill directs the Department of Rail and Public Transportation, for fiscal year 2027, to reserve and utilize certain funds in amounts necessary to provide certain supplemental operating assistance to certain transit providers that would experience a reduction in allocable funds due to the reallocations in this bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Rouse | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 22 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Transportation
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1097)
- Referred to Committee on Transportation
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104237D