---
type: "Bill"
title: "American Revolution 250 Commission; adds five legislative members to the Commission."
description: "American Revolution 250 Commission; membership. Adds five legislative members to the American Revolution 250 Commission. This bill is identical to SB 22."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 6"
citation: "Virginia HB 6 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-12-09"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ed05c4-0353-468e-a148-242d4dbd67bb"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB6"
source_hash: "e2d7ded43b4e925d696b4365db9bc0f1a2a386849a487e85ff9500a47ce98327"
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 6 (2022) — American Revolution 250 Commission; adds five legislative members to the Commission.

American Revolution 250 Commission; membership. Adds five legislative members to the American Revolution 250 Commission. This bill is identical to SB 22.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0687** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0687)
2. **HB6ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB6ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101212D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB6)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22101212D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB6E)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules with amendments (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101212D `introduction`
- **2021-12-09** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB6)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB6E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101212D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB6E)
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25** Reported from Rules with amendments (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-03-01** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-01** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-03** Senate amendments agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB6ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 687 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6ed05c4-0353-468e-a148-242d4dbd67bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).