---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding."
description: "Commission on Civic Education; sunset and funding; membership. Repeals the sunset provision for the Commission on Civic Education and repeals a prohibition on the use of general funds to support the work of the Commission. The bill also increases and adjusts the makeup of the Commission's membership."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 957"
citation: "Virginia SB 957 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f232f20-bf85-437a-8c9e-0890afa0ca11"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB957"
source_hash: "b233ce9f8ed161ae556327e6dde3710053814d732e5b40c0bf7a66aac1322dc6"
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 957 (2020) — Civic Education, Commission on; increases membership, repeals sunset provision and general funding.

Commission on Civic Education; sunset and funding; membership. Repeals the sunset provision for the Commission on Civic Education and repeals a prohibition on the use of general funds to support the work of the Commission. The bill also increases and adjusts the makeup of the Commission's membership.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1045)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1045)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB957ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB957ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB957)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB957)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB957H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB957H1)

## Votes

- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N) — **2–37** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David W. Marsden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104449D `introduction`
- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB957)
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Committee substitute printed 20108647D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB957H1)
- **2020-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20108647D-H1
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB957H1
- **2020-03-03** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-04** House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
- **2020-03-05** House insisted on substitute
- **2020-03-05** House requested conference committee
- **2020-03-05** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-05** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-08** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-08** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB957ER)
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1045 (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/2f232f20-bf85-437a-8c9e-0890afa0ca11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).