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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Harry F. Byrd, Sr., statue; removal from Capitol Square."
+description: "Department of General Services; removal of HarryF. Byrd, Sr., statue. Directs the Department of General Servicesto remove the statue of former Virginia Governor and U.S. SenatorHarry F. Byrd, Sr., from Capitol Square. The bill directs the Departmentto store the statue until such time as the General Assembly determinesits final disposition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 2208"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2208 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-13"
+last_action: "2021-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31194c64-f38c-4046-854c-812e7ec8e6fe"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2208"
+source_hash: "2441e61d22d5ae10bc8c88b7d93385cb7efe21f5d56d0cb56e0d5c9e4731cb1d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 2208 (2021) — Harry F. Byrd, Sr., statue; removal from Capitol Square.
+
+Department of General Services; removal of HarryF. Byrd, Sr., statue. Directs the Department of General Servicesto remove the statue of former Virginia Governor and U.S. SenatorHarry F. Byrd, Sr., from Capitol Square. The bill directs the Departmentto store the statue until such time as the General Assembly determinesits final disposition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0197** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0197)
+2. **HB2208ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2208ER)
+3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100978D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2208)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Rules (13-Y 5-N) — **13–5** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Rules (11-Y 0-N) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — **36–3** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) — **62–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
+- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
+- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
+- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
+- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
+- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
+- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100978D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB2208)
+- **2021-01-22** Reported from Rules (13-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N)
+- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-19** Reported from Rules (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2208ER)
+- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
+- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31194c64-f38c-4046-854c-812e7ec8e6fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+