---
type: "Bill"
title: "State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans."
description: "Duties of agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans. Requires stateagencies to establish and maintain a comprehensive diversity, equity,and inclusion strategic plan in coordination with the Governor's Directorof Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1993"
citation: "Virginia HB 1993 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alex Q. Askew"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe7f194-27f1-4dcf-863f-065aac99613d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1993"
source_hash: "b761c27a8323aeb2d379da04f76c2db768e9b70cd9f8f0efe530a61daec9ba02"
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 1993 (2021) — State agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans.

Duties of agencies and their appointing authorities; diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plans. Requires stateagencies to establish and maintain a comprehensive diversity, equity,and inclusion strategic plan in coordination with the Governor's Directorof Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0168** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0168)
2. **HB1993ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1993ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102795D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1993)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 2-N 1-A) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — **24–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Don L. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102795D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1993)
- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-26** Reported from General Laws (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (26-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1993ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 168 (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/cfe7f194-27f1-4dcf-863f-065aac99613d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).