---
type: "Bill"
title: "Heritage trail; creation for motor racing locations in Virginia."
description: "Historical designation for historical motorracing locations in Virginia. Directs the Department of HistoricResources to convene a group of stakeholders to initiate the creation,design, and implementation of a historical designation of historic NASCAR and other motor vehicle racing tracks and related real propertyin the Commonwealth for the promotion of tourism and economic developmentin Virginia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 773"
citation: "Virginia SB 773 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William M. Stanley, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6478c6-1901-4977-b372-8ef953cbf775"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB773"
source_hash: "7ce1c2b8edaaab0f8d074a59a55bd5d59a90917665dbcad8bc7d434c737064ea"
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 SB 773 (2020) — Heritage trail; creation for motor racing locations in Virginia.

Historical designation for historical motorracing locations in Virginia. Directs the Department of HistoricResources to convene a group of stakeholders to initiate the creation,design, and implementation of a historical designation of historic NASCAR and other motor vehicle racing tracks and related real propertyin the Commonwealth for the promotion of tourism and economic developmentin Virginia.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1184)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1184)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB773ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB773ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB773)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB773)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB773S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB773S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100384D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB773)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20106608D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB773S1)
- **2020-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 20106608D-S1
- **2020-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB773S1
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-20** Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB773ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1184 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c6478c6-1901-4977-b372-8ef953cbf775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).