VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2006 SESSION

• | print version

HB 317 Railroads; passenger rail service liability.

Introduced by: David B. Albo | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Passenger rail service liability. Authorizes an authority, comprised of two or more political subdivisions of the Commonwealth that provide public rail transportation services, to contract with a railroad company to allocate financial responsibility for claims related to passenger rail services. The measure limits the aggregate liability of the authority and the railroad company for claims arising from a single accident or incident related to passenger rail services to $250 million per incident or accident. Willful and wanton conduct, felonious criminal conduct, and gross negligence are not subject to the cap. The bill provides for an adjustment to the cap for inflation starting in 2011. This bill is identical to SB 652.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066624204  pdf | impact statement
• 02/11/06  House: Committee substitute printed 061417204-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/27/06  Senate: Committee substitute printed 063056816-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/11/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB317ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/17/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/04/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 066624204
• 01/04/06  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/17/06  House: Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
• 01/17/06  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/06  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 2-N)
• 02/11/06  House: Committee substitute printed 061417204-H1
• 02/11/06  House: Read first time
• 02/13/06  House: Read second time
• 02/13/06  House: Committee substitute agreed to 061417204-H1
• 02/13/06  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB317H1
• 02/14/06  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
• 02/14/06  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 3-N)
• 02/14/06  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/15/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/15/06  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/27/06  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/06  Senate: Committee substitute printed 063056816-S1
• 02/28/06  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/06  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/06  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/01/06  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 063056816-S1
• 03/01/06  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB317S1
• 03/01/06  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/06  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/06  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/03/06  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 2-N)
• 03/03/06  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 2-N)
• 03/11/06  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB317ER)
• 03/11/06  House: Enrolled
• 03/11/06  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/13/06  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/06/06  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 774 (effective 7/1/06)
• 04/17/06  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)