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Committee Endorses Legislative Agenda Emphasizing 'Net New' Transit Funding
Summary
At a committee meeting, members approved a motion and reviewed a 2026 legislative draft that adds a new position requiring transit funding be treated as "net new" revenue; staff said the change is the only significant edit and will be shared with the General Assembly delegation for early-session briefings.
A committee approved a motion and reviewed its 2026 legislative agenda at a meeting where staff emphasized that any new transit dollars should be treated as "net new" revenue, members said.
Speaker 1 recorded the vote, saying, "That motion will pass unanimously for the people who are present," though the specific text of the motion is not specified in the transcript. Speaker 2, presenting the legislative summary, said, "if you start at the yellow sentence... you'll see the words net new before the words revenue," describing that insertion as the only significant change from prior drafts.
The presenter (Speaker 2) said the agenda's priorities for 2026 are protecting existing money, recovering funds, and securing new transit funding designated as "net new." Speaker 2 described edits as mostly cleanup and the addition of transit-related positions.
Speaker 2 also told the committee it is waiting on appointments and noted turnover in the General Assembly, reporting "a total of, I think, 16 new general assembly members" and naming several delegates discussed as contacts: Guzman, McAuliffe (described as replacing Higgins), McCullough (noting prior staff roles), and Watts. The presenter said staff will communicate the final version of the legislative agenda to each member and pursue an early-session delegation briefing, likely in the first or second full week of January, when the delegation typically schedules topic presentations on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
The committee also discussed coordinating a briefing on the BRT report and other transit items, and noted a CTD meeting scheduled in Northern Virginia in May that will affect planning. Members said they expect to set a meeting with the incoming secretary of transportation once that appointment is known but acknowledged timing could be constrained by the early weeks of session.
Next steps: staff will circulate the final legislative draft to delegates and pursue delegation briefings; no additional formal actions on the legislative agenda were recorded in the transcript beyond the unanimous motion vote referenced above.
