---
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 HB 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Virginia SB 22 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-12-22"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e2a1f02-4875-4e04-a78d-fa8fd0f8466e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB22"
source_hash: "977c9c83c31718354203513d6b8792eb3aeb5cb85fe7342c423b38aba8f1551f"
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 22 (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 HB 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0685** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0685)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101361D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB22)
3. **SB22ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB22ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101361D `introduction`
- **2021-12-22** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB22)
- **2022-01-17** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-21** Reported from Rules (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2022-03-08** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB22ER)
- **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 685 (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/1e2a1f02-4875-4e04-a78d-fa8fd0f8466e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).