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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 617: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget, operating assistance.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 617 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 10, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget, operating assistance. Primary sponsor: Mark Obenshain (Republican). Most recent recorded action (November 19, 2024): Left in Transportation.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; budget; operating assistance. Provides that payments and obligations arising from or related to any contract pertaining to employee compensation and work conditions under the normal operation of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) may be included in the calculation of a WMATA budget increase for purposes of the cap of such budget increase. Current law provides that any payment or obligation of any kind arising from or related to legal disputes or proceedings between or among WMATA and any other person or entity shall not be used in calculating a WMATA budget increase.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark ObenshainPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Transportation
  2. Continued to 2025 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
  3. Impact statement from DPB (SB617)
  4. Referred to Committee on Transportation
  5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105088D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source